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tick
1[ tik ]
noun
- a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- Chiefly British Informal. a moment or instant.
- a small dot, mark, check, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something.
- Stock Exchange.
- a movement in the price of a stock, bond, or option.
- the smallest possible tick on a given exchange.
- ²Ñ²¹²Ôè²µ±ð. a jumping fault consisting of a light touch of a fence with one or more feet.
- a small contrasting spot of color on the coat of a mammal or the feathers of a bird.
verb (used without object)
- to emit or produce a tick, like that of a clock.
- to pass as with ticks of a clock:
The hours ticked by.
verb (used with object)
- to sound or announce by a tick or ticks:
The clock ticked the minutes.
- to mark with a tick or ticks; check (usually followed by off ); to tick off the items on the memo.
verb phrase
- Slang.
- to make angry:
His mistreatment of the animals really ticked me off.
- Chiefly British. to scold severely:
The manager will tick you off if you make another mistake.
tick
2[ tik ]
noun
- any of numerous bloodsucking arachnids of the order Acarina, including the families Ixodidae and Argasidae, somewhat larger than the related mites and having a barbed proboscis for attachment to the skin of warm-blooded vertebrates: some ticks, as the deer tick, are vectors of disease.
tick
3[ tik ]
noun
- the cloth case of a mattress, pillow, etc., containing hair, feathers, or the like.
tick
4[ tik ]
noun
- a score or account.
tick
1/ ³Ùɪ°ì /
noun
- a recurrent metallic tapping or clicking sound, such as that made by a clock or watch
- informal.a moment or instant
- a mark ( ) or dash used to check off or indicate the correctness of something
- commerce 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
- to produce a recurrent tapping sound or indicate by such a sound
the clock ticked the minutes away
- whentr, often foll by off to mark or check (something, such as a list) with a tick
- what makes someone tick informal.the basic drive or motivation of a person
tick
2/ ³Ùɪ°ì /
noun
- 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 acaroid
- any of certain other arachnids of the order Acarina
- any of certain insects of the dipterous family Hippoboscidae that are ectoparasitic on horses, cattle, sheep, etc, esp the sheep ked
tick
3/ ³Ùɪ°ì /
noun
- informal.account or credit (esp in the phrase on tick )
tick
4/ ³Ùɪ°ì /
noun
- the strong covering of a pillow, mattress, etc
- informal.short for ticking
tick
/ ³ÙÄ°ì /
- Any of numerous small, parasitic arachnids of the suborder Ixodida that feed on the blood of animals. Like their close relatives the mites and unlike spiders, ticks have no division between cephalothorax and abdomen. Ticks differ from mites by being generally larger and having a sensory pit at the end of their first pair of legs. Many ticks transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
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Idioms and Phrases
- on tick, on credit or trust:
We bought our telly on tick.
- what makes one tick, the motive or explanation of one's behavior:
The biographer failed to show what made Herbert Hoover tick.
More idioms and phrases containing tick
In addition to the idiom beginning with tick , also see clock is ticking ; tight as a tick ; what makes one tick .Example Sentences
She has consistently warned 'it's only April', but the clock is ticking before her side's true ability will be tested on the European stage.
What makes them tick, and can even the seemingly immoral be changed for the good?
In his 16th season, Curry’s play has diminished only a tick.
It ticks all the boxes: crispy, salty, green and even a little naughty.
In other words, Foster just put himself on a loudly ticking clock.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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