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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