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 tick·tack /ˈtɪkˌtæk/
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 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]