tic-tac man
noun /ˈtɪk tæk mæn/
/ˈtɪk tæk mæn/
(plural tic-tac men)
(British English)- (in the past
) a bookmaker (= a man who takes bets) at a horse racing course, who communicated information to other bookmakers there by means of tic-tac, a special language of signals involving movements of the hands and arms旧时 在赛马场上的博彩公司,他通过tic-tac(一种涉及手和手臂运动的信号的特殊语言)与那里的其他博彩公司传达信息。