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(British) system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
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ticktack
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Word definitions for ticktack in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
interj. (dated form of tick tock English) n. 1 A noise like that made by a clock or a watch. 2 A kind of backgammon played with both man and pegs; tricktrack.
Usage examples of ticktack.
Utter silence descended upon the court room--silence broken only by the slow ticktack of the self-winding clock on the rear wall and the whine of the electric cars on Park Row.