ticktack

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I - noun

system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
signal, signaling, sign

II - verb

make a sound like a clock or a timer
- the clocks were ticking
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
• Syn:
tick, ticktock, beat
• Derivationally related forms:
beat (for: beat), ticktock (for: ticktock), tick (for: tick), ticker (for: tick), ticking (for: tick)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s