tic-tac

See also: tictac and tic tac

English

Alternative forms

• tick-tack, tick tack, tictac, ticktack

Noun

tic-tac (uncountable)

1. (British) A system of sign language used by bookmakers at racecourses to communicate odds and bets; an associated group of words for each sign.

Anagrams

• tactic

French

Alternative forms

• tictac (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tik.tak/

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Noun

tic-tac m (plural tic-tacs)

1. Sound of a mechanism, ticktock

Further reading

• “tic-tac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tic-tac or German Ticktack.

Interjection

tic-tac

1. tick tock

Spanish

Interjection

tic-tac

1. alternative spelling of tictac

Noun

tic-tac m (plural tic-tacs)

1. alternative spelling of tictac