tictac

[ tik-tak ]
/ ˈtɪkˌtæk /

noun, verb (used without object), tic·tacked, tic·tack·ing.

Definition for tictac (2 of 2)

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

Example sentences from the Web for tictac

  • He arrives, at length, at the door of the side room where the devotees of cards are busy at tictac.

    The Youth of Jefferson |J. E. Cooke.

British Dictionary definitions for tictac

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 1