Tick"tack` (?), n. [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.

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Tick"tack`, adv.

With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.

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