Ticktack
noun
1.
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
the ticktack of high heels in the corridor.
2.
a device for making a tapping sound, as against a window or door in playing a practical joke.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make a repeated ticking or tapping sound:
Sleet ticktacked against the window panes.
noun
1.
(Brit) a system of sign language, mainly using the hands, by which bookmakers transmit their odds to each other at racecourses
2.
(US) a ticking sound, as made by a clock
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