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trictrac

trictrac is the alternative form of ticktack.

Meaning of ticktack

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.

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Questions about trictrac

What is trictrac the alternative form of?
Trictrac is the alternative form of ticktack.

Words near trictrac in the dictionary

  1. tricrural
  2. tricrystal
  3. tricrystals
  4. trictenotomid
  5. trictenotomids
  6. trictrac
  7. tricube
  8. tricubes
  9. tricubic
  10. triculate
  11. tricultural

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trictrac (page history and authors); ticktack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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