TICKTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ticktack mean? 

• TICKTACK (noun)
  The noun TICKTACK has 1 sense:

1. system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks

  Familiarity information: TICKTACK used as a noun is very rare.

• TICKTACK (verb)
  The verb TICKTACK has 1 sense:

1. make a sound like a clock or a timer

  Familiarity information: TICKTACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TICKTACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

System of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ticktack" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

• TICKTACK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a sound like a clock or a timer

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

beat; tick; ticktack; ticktock

Context example:

the grandfather clock beat midnight

Hypernyms (to "ticktack" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

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