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tick tacks

tick tacks is the plural of tick tack.

Meaning of tick tack

Noun

tick tack (countable and uncountable, plural tick tacks)

  1. (onomatopoeic) The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking.
    • But come to the clock, Mary. Remember, our lives are short, and they contain only a certain number of "tick tacks;" we cannot, therefore, afford to waste them.1870, Charles Bilton, “The household friend”, in The Class and Standard Series of Reading Books, Book IV, Special lessons for girls, page 199
  2. (countable) A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance.
    • I got me a hammer and nails with the heavy lead sinker offen my fishnet, and it wasn't long before the finest tick-tack you ever saw was working against the Spiegelnails' parlor window, with me in a lilac-bush operating the string that kept the weight a-swinging.1907, Nelson Lloyd, “The last ghost in Harmony”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 41

Questions about tick tacks

What is tick tacks the plural of?
Tick tacks is the plural of tick tack.

Words near tick tacks in the dictionary

  1. tick on
  2. tick over
  3. tick paralysis
  4. tick past
  5. tick tack
  6. tick tacks
  7. tick tat toe
  8. tick tock
  9. tick tocks
  10. tick trefoil
  11. tick-and-flick

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