ticktack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
  2. verb make a sound like a clock or a timer
    beat; tick; ticktock.
    • the clocks were ticking
    • the grandfather clock beat midnight

WordNet

Tick"tack` noun
Etymology
See Tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. Tricktrack.
Definitions
  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.
Tick"tack` adverb
Definitions
  1. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.

Webster 1913