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ticktack

ticktack noun: a kind of backgammon played with both men and pegs. Also the dated form of tick tock.

Noun (1)

ticktack (uncountable)

  1. A kind of backgammon played with both men and pegs.
    • And that those pretended Tumults were chastiz'd by thir own Army for new Tumults, is not prov'd by a Game at Tictack with words1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, archived from the original on 31 May 2020, Part XXVI, Upon the Armies surprisall of the King at Holmeby
    Synonyms:
    tricktrack, trictrac

Noun (2)

ticktack (plural ticktacks)

  1. A repeated ticking noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

Verb

ticktack (third-person singular simple present ticktacks, present participle ticktacking, simple past and past participle ticktacked)

  1. (intransitive) To make that kind of noise.
  2. (Canada, US, transitive) To play a prank that involves making noise outside a person's house by various means.

Also used as

ticktack is also the dated form of tick tock.

Synonyms of ticktack

Forms of ticktack

Noun
pluralticktacks
Verb
third-person singular presentticktacks
present participleticktacking
past participleticktacked
pastticktacked

Questions about ticktack

What does ticktack mean?
Ticktack means a kind of backgammon played with both men and pegs.
What part of speech is ticktack?
Ticktack can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ticktack?
The plural of ticktack is ticktacks.

Words near ticktack in the dictionary

  1. ticks past
  2. tickseed
  3. tickseeds
  4. tickspider
  5. tickspiders
  6. ticktack
  7. ticktacked
  8. ticktacking
  9. ticktacks
  10. ticktacktoe
  11. ticktock

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