Tick
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
(2) A light mattress
(3) A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
"As he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"
(4) A metallic tapping sound
"He counted the ticks of the clock"
verb
(5) Put a check mark on or near or next to
"Please check each name on the list"
"Tick off the items"
"Mark off the units"
(6) Sew
"Tick a mattress"
(7) Make a sound like a clock or a timer
"The clocks were ticking"
"The grandfather clock beat midnight"
(8) Make a clicking or ticking sound
"The clock ticked away"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from West Germanic, cf. Dutch teek, German Zecke.
Noun
Noun
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- At midday, the long bond is up a tick.
- A short period of time, particularly a second.
- I'll be back in a tick.
- a mark made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
- Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box
Verb
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
- To make a tick mark.
Etymology 3
From , probably from , from
Noun
Noun
- Credit, trust.
- I bought my groceries at the corner shop on tick.
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Noun
- tick (quiet but sharp sound).