ticktack

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

• 🇵🇹Sistema de sinais manuais usado por apostadores em hipódromos para transmitir cotações e informações de apostas.

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.

   🇵🇹Sistema de sinais do apostador

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• ticktack's possessive singular form

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

• 🇵🇹Verbo arcaico que significa emitir um som de tique-taque ou de batida, frequentemente associado a relógios ou a movimentos mecânicos repetidos.

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.

   🇵🇹Tiquetaquear

   Sinônimos: beatclickpulsetaptickticktock