ticktack
or tic·tac
[ tik-tak ]
/ ˈtɪkˌtæk /
noun
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking: the ticktack of high heels in the corridor.
a device for making a tapping sound, as against a window or door in playing a practical joke.
verb (used without object)
to make a repeated ticking or tapping sound: Sleet ticktacked against the window panes.
Origin of ticktack
1540–50; imitative See
tick1
Words nearby ticktack
tickler file,
ticklish,
tickly,
ticknor,
tickseed,
ticktack,
ticktock,
ticky-tacky,
tico,
ticonderoga,
tictac
Example sentences from the Web for ticktack
And there it was that Pere Merlier's mill enlivened with its ticktack a corner of wild verdure.
To small virtues would they fain lure and laud me; to the ticktack of small happiness would they fain persuade my foot.
Thus Spake Zarathustra |Friedrich NietzscheTicktack (tick-tick) has also been repeated by a boy of two years for a watch.
The Mind of the Child, Part II |W. PreyerVerily, to such measure and ticktack, it liketh neither to dance nor to stand still.
Thus Spake Zarathustra |Friedrich Nietzsche
British Dictionary definitions for ticktack
ticktack
/ (ˈtɪkˌtæk) /
noun
British
a system of sign language, mainly using the hands, by which bookmakers transmit their odds to each other at racecourses
US
a ticking sound, as made by a clock
Word Origin for ticktack
from
tick
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