Category:Ticktack

Tick"tack`, n. Etym: [see tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. Tricktrack.]

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.

Ticktack Tick"tack`, adv.

Defn: with a ticking noise, like that of a watch.