tick-tack

Meaning

tick-tack means a system of sign language used by bookmakers at racecourses to communicate odds and bets; an associated group of words for each sign. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

• The article uses tick-tack to mean a system of sign language used by bookmakers at racecourses to communicate odds....
• The teacher asked students to find tick-tack in the reading.