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Ticktack

intj, noun, verb

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Intj
  1. 1
    Dated form of tick tock. alt-of, dated

    "A wild young fellow coming home late one night, heard, while he was putting the key into the lock, something on the ground that continually went ticktack, ticktack, ticktack. Stooping down he found it was a silver watch[…]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of backgammon played with both men and pegs. uncountable

    "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 words"

  2. 2
    A repeated ticking noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
  3. 3
    system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make that kind of noise. intransitive
  2. 2
    make a sound like a clock or a timer wordnet
  3. 3
    To play a prank that involves making noise outside a person's house by various means. Canada, US, transitive

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