Noun : the ticktack of high heels in the corridor. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : Sleet ticktacked against the window panes. From Dictionary.com.
And Thursday you wrap it up is that a fair ticktack, as they say?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2008] Reference
The engineer was leaning on one arm, with his head out of the cab window, and Hemenway nodded as he passed and hurried into the ticket office, where the ticktack of a conversation by telegraph was soon under way. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Verily, to such measure and ticktack, it liketh neither to dance nor to stand still. From Wordnik.com. [Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none] Reference
To small virtues would they fain lure and laud me; to the ticktack of small happiness would they fain persuade my foot. From Wordnik.com. [Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none] Reference
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