ticktack

indénombrable

A noun referring to a system of hand signals used by bookmakers at racetracks to communicate betting odds and information.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un système de signaux manuels utilisé par les bookmakers sur les hippodromes pour transmettre les cotes et les informations sur les paris.

1. Bookmaker's signaling system C1 informal british

   A system of hand signals used by bookmakers at racetracks to communicate odds and bets.

   • The bookmaker used ticktack to signal the odds to his partner.
   • Ticktack is a traditional method of communication among racetrack bookmakers.
   • He learned ticktack from his father, who worked at the track for decades.

   🇫🇷tic-tac (signaux des bookmakers)

• ticktacks plural form
• ticktacks' possessive plural form
• ticktack's possessive singular form

An obsolete verb meaning to make a ticking or tapping sound, often associated with clocks or repetitive mechanical movements.

• 🇫🇷Verbe dénotant le fait d'émettre un bruit de tic-tac ou de petits coups répétés, souvent associé aux horloges ou à des mouvements mécaniques réguliers.

1. Make a rhythmic ticking sound B2 informal

   To produce a repeated, regular sound similar to that of a clock or timer.

   • The old clock ticktacked softly in the corner of the room.
   • The timer ticktacked as the seconds counted down.
   • I could hear the watch ticktacking on the nightstand.

   🇫🇷Faire tic-tac

   Synonymes: beatclickpulsetaptickticktock