Meaning of tick tack | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking.
   countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable
2. A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance.
   countable

Examples

“But come⟳ to the clock, Mary. Remember⟳, our lives are short, and they contain⟳ only a certain number⟳ of "tick tacks;" we cannot, therefore, afford⟳ to waste⟳ them.”

“Nancy took Tacoma to a cow. Nancy went in first and cut⟳ his bag full. He told Tacoma not to cut⟳ the thing that went "tick, tack," but Tacoma cut⟳ it and the cow fell down dead.”

“I got me a hammer⟳ and nails with the heavy lead⟳ sinker offen my fishnet, and it wasn't long before the finest tick-tack you ever saw⟳ was working against the Spiegelnails' parlor window, with me in a lilac-bush operating the string that kept the weight a-swinging.”

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