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ticktack |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, n. [See {Tick} to beat to pat, and (for sense 2) cf {Tricktrack}.] 1. A noise like that made by a clock or a watch. 2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. A game at ticktack with words --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv With a ticking noise, like that of a watch. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ticktack n : (Brit) system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks v : make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: {tick}, {ticktock}, {beat}]
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