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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks;


VERB (1)

1. make a sound like a clock or a timer;
- Example: "the clocks were ticking"
- Example: "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
[syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. [1913 Webster] A game at ticktack with words. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ticktack n 1: system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks v 1: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat]