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• n  steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
• v  make a sound like a clock or a timer

• The ticktock of farm auctions and foreclosures in the heartland, punctuated by the occasional suicide, has seldom let up since the 1980s.

• tocktact
• tictac
• tick
• ticktack
• beat

News & Articles

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• Affirmative action
  And on affirmative action, the Supreme Court’s holding is ... ticktock.
  June 25, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Quotes

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• Howell Raines in SI.com
  Yeah, we screwed that up every way possible,says Raines. "And I'll give you the ticktock on that."