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Noun: ticktack
Usage: Brit
  1. System of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
    "The bookmakers used ticktack to communicate odds changes across the racetrack";
    - tic-tac [Brit]
Verb: ticktack
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Make a sound like a clock or a timer
    "The old grandfather clock ticktacked in the hallway";
    - tick, ticktock, beat

Derived forms: ticktacked, ticktacking, ticktacks

Type of: go, sign, signal, signaling [N. Amer], signalling [Brit, Cdn], sound

Encyclopedia: Ticktack