Ticktack — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks

make a sound like a clock or a timer

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɪktæk/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɪktak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɪktak/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈɪktæk/.

Examples

the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

beat tick ticktock

Parts of Speech

noun	system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
verb	make a sound like a clock or a timer “the clocks were ticking”

Word Forms

tick	noun	any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
ticker	noun	a small portable timepiece
ticking	noun	a metallic tapping sound
ticktock	noun	steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
beat	noun	the sound of stroke or blow

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

tic-tac

système de signalisation par signes manuels utilisé par les bookmakers sur les hippodromes

🇪🇸Spanish

tictac

Sistema de señalización mediante señales manuales utilizado por las casas de apuestas en los hipódromos.

🇮🇹Italian

tic tac

sistema di segnalazione mediante segnali manuali utilizzato dai bookmaker negli ippodromi

🇳🇱Dutch

tikje

systeem van signalering met handborden gebruikt door bookmakers op racebanen

🇵🇹Portuguese

tique-taque

sistema de sinalização por sinais manuais utilizado pelas casas de apostas nos autódromos

🇷🇺Russian

тиктак

система сигнализации ручными знаками, используемая букмекерскими конторами на ипподромах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टिक टैक

रेसट्रैक पर सट्टेबाजों द्वारा उपयोग किए जाने वाले हाथ के संकेतों द्वारा संकेत देने की प्रणाली

🇧🇩Bengali

টিকট্যাক

রেসট্র্যাকে বুকমেকারদের দ্বারা ব্যবহৃত হাতের চিহ্ন দ্বারা সংকেত দেওয়ার সিস্টেম

🇮🇳Tamil

டிக்டாக்

பந்தயத் தடங்களில் புக்மேக்கர்களால் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் கை அடையாளங்கள் மூலம் சமிக்ஞை செய்யும் அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

టిక్‌టాక్

రేస్ట్రాక్‌ల వద్ద బుక్‌మేకర్లు ఉపయోగించే చేతి సంకేతాల ద్వారా సిగ్నలింగ్ వ్యవస్థ

🇮🇳Marathi

टिकटॅक

रेसट्रॅकवर बुकमेकर्सद्वारे वापरल्या जाणाऱ्या हाताच्या चिन्हाद्वारे सिग्नलिंग सिस्टम

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટિકટેક

રેસટ્રેક્સ પર બુકીઓ દ્વારા ઉપયોગમાં લેવાતા હાથના સંકેતો દ્વારા સંકેત આપવાની સિસ્ટમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟಿಕ್‌ಟ್ಯಾಕ್

ರೇಸ್‌ಟ್ರಾಕ್‌ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬುಕ್‌ಮೇಕರ್‌ಗಳು ಬಳಸುವ ಕೈ ಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಿಗ್ನಲಿಂಗ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ടിക്ക് ടാക്ക്

റേസ്‌ട്രാക്കുകളിൽ വാതുവെപ്പുകാർ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന കൈ അടയാളങ്ങൾ ഉപയോഗിച്ച് സിഗ്നലിംഗ് സംവിധാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟਿਕਟੈਕ

ਰੇਸਟ੍ਰੈਕ 'ਤੇ ਸੱਟੇਬਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਰਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹੱਥ ਦੇ ਸੰਕੇਤਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸੰਕੇਤ ਦੇਣ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹک ٹیک

ریس ٹریکس پر بک میکرز کے ذریعہ ہاتھ کے اشارے سے سگنلنگ کا نظام

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

滴答声

赛马场庄家使用的手势信号系统

🇯🇵Japanese

カチカチ

競馬場でブックメーカーが使用するハンドサインによる合図システム

🇰🇷Korean

똑딱이

경마장에서 북메이커가 사용하는 수신호로 신호를 보내는 시스템

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tiếng tích tắc

hệ thống báo hiệu bằng ký hiệu tay được các nhà cái sử dụng tại các trường đua

🇹🇭Thai

ติ๊กแทค

ระบบการส่งสัญญาณด้วยสัญญาณมือที่ใช้โดยเจ้ามือรับแทงที่สนามแข่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

paku payung

sistem pemberian isyarat dengan isyarat tangan yang digunakan oleh bandar taruhan di arena pacuan kuda

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تيكتكاك

نظام الإشارات باليد الذي يستخدمه المراهنون في حلبات السباق

🇮🇷Persian

تیک تیک

سیستم علامت دهی با علائم دستی که توسط کتابسازان در پیست های مسابقه استفاده می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

tik tak

yarış pistlerinde bahisçiler tarafından kullanılan el işaretleriyle sinyal verme sistemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תקתק

מערכת איתות באמצעות שלטי יד המשמשת סוכני הימורים במסלולי מירוצים

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