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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