Noun: ticktack
Usage: Brit
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: Brit
- 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]
Usage: N. Amer
- 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