ticktack

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tick=tack

CIDE DICTIONARY

ticktack, n. [See Tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. Tricktrack.].

•  A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.  [1913 Webster]

  "A game at ticktack with words."  [1913 Webster]

ticktack, adv. 

 With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.  [1913 Webster]