tick·tack /ˈtɪkˌtæk/
滴答聲,跳動聲
Tick·tack n.
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, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
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ticktack
n : system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at
racetracks
v : make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were
ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick,
ticktock, beat]