ticktack

or tick-tack

[ tik-tak ]

/ ˈtɪkˌtæk /

noun

a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking: the ticktack of high heels in the corridor.

a device for making a tapping sound, as against a window or door in playing a practical joke.

verb (used without object)

to make a repeated ticking or tapping sound: Sleet ticktacked against the window panes.

Origin of ticktack

1540–50; imitative See tick¹

Words nearby ticktack

Ticknor, tick off, tick over, tick paralysis, tickseed, ticktack, tick-tack-toe, ticktock, tick trefoil, tick typhus, ticky-tacky

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Example sentences from the Web for ticktack

And there it was that Pere Merlier's mill enlivened with its ticktack a corner of wild verdure.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola
To small virtues would they fain lure and laud me; to the ticktack of small happiness would they fain persuade my foot.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche
Ticktack (tick-tick) has also been repeated by a boy of two years for a watch.
The Mind of the Child, Part II|W. Preyer
Verily, to such measure and ticktack, it liketh neither to dance nor to stand still.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche

British Dictionary definitions for ticktack

ticktack

/ (ˈtɪkˌtæk) /

noun

British a system of sign language, mainly using the hands, by which bookmakers transmit their odds to each other at racecourses

US a ticking sound, as made by a clock

Word Origin for ticktack

from tick 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	ticktack
释义	ticktack or tick-tack [ tik-tak ] / ˈtɪkˌtæk / noun a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking: the ticktack of high heels in the corridor. a device for making a tapping sound, as against a window or door in playing a practical joke. verb (used without object) to make a repeated ticking or tapping sound: Sleet ticktacked against the window panes. Origin of ticktack 1540–50; imitative See tick¹ Words nearby ticktack Ticknor, tick off, tick over, tick paralysis, tickseed, ticktack, tick-tack-toe, ticktock, tick trefoil, tick typhus, ticky-tacky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ticktack And there it was that Pere Merlier's mill enlivened with its ticktack a corner of wild verdure. Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille\|Emile Zola To small virtues would they fain lure and laud me; to the ticktack of small happiness would they fain persuade my foot. Thus Spake Zarathustra\|Friedrich Nietzsche Ticktack (tick-tick) has also been repeated by a boy of two years for a watch. The Mind of the Child, Part II\|W. Preyer Verily, to such measure and ticktack, it liketh neither to dance nor to stand still. Thus Spake Zarathustra\|Friedrich Nietzsche British Dictionary definitions for ticktack ticktack / (ˈtɪkˌtæk) / noun British a system of sign language, mainly using the hands, by which bookmakers transmit their odds to each other at racecourses US a ticking sound, as made by a clock Word Origin for ticktack from tick 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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