English Dictionary

tick tack

名詞

可算名詞 擬音語 不可算名詞 イギリス英語 別表記 異形

(onomatopoeia) The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking. / (countable) A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance.

日本語の意味

（オノマトペ）連続してタップ、ノック、またはカチカチといった音。 / （可算名詞）遠隔で窓や扉を叩くために用いられる装置。

The tick tack of the old clock echoed through the empty hallway.

古い時計のカチカチという音が静かな廊下に響いた。

意味（1）

(onomatopoeia) The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking.

But come to the clock, Mary. Remember, our lives are short, and they contain only a certain number of tick tacks; we cannot, therefore, afford to waste them.

意味（2）

(countable) A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance.

I got me a hammer and nails with the heavy lead sinker offen my fishnet, and it wasn't long before the finest tick-tack you ever saw was working against the Spiegelnails' parlor window, with me in a lilac-bush operating the string that kept the weight a-swinging.

意味（3）

(UK, uncountable) Alternative form of tic-tac, a sign language used by bookmakers.

tick tacks （ plural ）