tic-tac

== English == === Alternative forms === tick-tack, tick tack, tictac, ticktack === Noun === tic-tac (uncountable) (UK) 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/ === Noun === tic-tac m (plural tic-tacs) 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 tick tock == Spanish == === Interjection === tic-tac alternative spelling of tictac === Noun === tic-tac m (plural tic-tacs) alternative spelling of tictac