ticktack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ticktack	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ticktack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ticktack n 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" Synonym(s): tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
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.