Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cyprinodont fish, Fundulus melapleurus, found in streams of Jamaica.

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Examples

  • The rest of the film hopscotches from Manhattan to the Bahamas to Miami Beach to London to Cleveland cataloguing their tricks, maneuvers and travel requisitions as they outsmart each other between popping Champagne corks and making ticky-ticky.

    Beautiful Julia and Clive Make Sweet Lies Together 2009

  • The rest of the film hopscotches from Manhattan to the Bahamas to Miami Beach to London to Cleveland cataloguing their tricks, maneuvers and travel requisitions as they outsmart each other between popping Champagne corks and making ticky-ticky.

    Beautiful Julia and Clive Make Sweet Lies Together 2009

  • "Good ticky-ticky," said the black, licking his fingers and smacking his lips.

    King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale George Manville Fenn 1870

  • "They are all awfully civil to me now," said Carey to Bostock, "but I think it's a good deal due to the ticky-ticky.

    King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale George Manville Fenn 1870

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  • It's a fish.

    December 16, 2013