Definitions for: Ticktack


[n] (British) 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Tick"tack`, adv.
With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.

Synonyms: beat, tick, ticktock

See Also: go, sign, signal, signaling, sound

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