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ricky-tick definition

ricky-tick (rik′ē tik′)

adjective

  1. designating, producing, or of popular music, as of the 1920s, with a mechanical, regular beat and fast tempo
  2. old-fashioned; corny

Etymology: echoic

Also ricky-ticky rick′y-tick′y (-tik′ē)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Also means "quickly" in US Military circles. Used in the phrase "most ricky-tick".

Posted by anonymous 80 days ago.

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