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[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.
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2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs;
tricktrack.
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A game at ticktack with words. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv.
With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
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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]