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Tick

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Noun

1. tick, ticking

a metallic tapping sound

Example Sentences:
'he counted the ticks of the clock'

2. tick

any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

3. check, check mark, tick

a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

Example Sentences:
'as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name'

4. tick

a light mattress

Verb

5. click, tick

make a clicking or ticking sound

Example Sentences:
'The clock ticked away'

6. beat, tick, ticktack, ticktock

make a sound like a clock or a timer

Example Sentences:
'the clocks were ticking'
'the grandfather clock beat midnight'

7. retick, tick

sew

Example Sentences:
'tick a mattress'

8. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off

put a check mark on or near or next to

Example Sentences:
'Please check each name on the list'
'tick off the items'
'mark off the units'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tick

see synonyms of tick
noun
1. 
a recurrent metallic tapping or clicking sound, such as that made by a clock or watch
2. British informal
a moment or instant
3. 
a mark (✓) or dash used to check off or indicate the correctness of something
4. business
the smallest increment of a price fluctuation in a commodity exchange. Tick size is usually 0.01% of the nominal value of the trading unit
verb
5. 
to produce a recurrent tapping sound or indicate by such a sound
the clock ticked the minutes away
6. (when tr, often foll by off)
to mark or check (something, such as a list) with a tick
7.  what makes someone tick
noun
1. 
any of various small parasitic arachnids of the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks), typically living on the skin of warm-blooded animals and feeding on the blood and tissues of their hosts: order Acarina (mites and ticks)
See also sheep tick (sense 1) ▶ Related adjective: acaroid
2. 
any of certain other arachnids of the order Acarina
3. 
any of certain insects of the dipterous family Hippoboscidae that are ectoparasitic on horses, cattle, sheep, etc, esp the sheep ked
noun
British informal
account or credit (esp in the phrase on tick)
noun
1. 
the strong covering of a pillow, mattress, etc
2. informal short for ticking

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tick

see synonyms of tick
noun
1. 
a light touch; pat
2. 
a light clicking or tapping sound, as that made by the escapement of a watch or clock
3. 
a mark (✓, /, etc.) made to check off items; check mark
4.  British, Informal
moment; instant
verb intransitive
5. 
to make a tick or series of ticks, as a clock
6.  Informal
to function characteristically or well; operate; work
what makes him tick?
verb transitive
7. 
to indicate, record, or count by a tick or ticks
8.  Chiefly British
to mark or check off (an item on a list, etc.) with a tick
usually with off
noun
Chiefly British, Informal
credit; trust
to buy something on tick
noun
1. 
any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea, order Parasitiformes) of wingless, bloodsucking mites, including many species that transmit diseases and are usually parasitic on humans, cattle, sheep, etc.
2. 
any of various degenerate, two-winged, parasitic insects
noun
1. 
a cloth case or covering that is filled with cotton, feathers, hair, etc. to form a mattress or pillow
2.  Informal
ticking

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tick

see synonyms of tick
n.
1. A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.
2. Chiefly British A moment.
3. A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.
4. Informal A unit on a scale; a degree: when interest rates move up a tick.
v. ticked, tick·ing, ticks
v.intr.
1. To emit recurring clicking sounds: as the clock ticked.
2. To function characteristically or well: machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.
v.tr.
1. To count or record with the sound of ticks: a clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.
2. To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name on the list.
n.
1. Any of various small bloodsucking arachnids of the order Ixodida that are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates. Many species transmit diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
2. Any of various usually wingless insects that resemble a tick, such as a sheep ked.
n.
1.
a. A cloth case for a mattress or pillow.
b. A light mattress without inner springs.
2. Ticking.
n.
Chiefly British
Credit or an amount of credit.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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