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tick (tik)
noun
- a light touch; pat
- a light clicking or tapping sound, as that made by the escapement of a watch or clock
- a mark (✓, /, etc.) made to check off items; check mark
Etymology: from the time needed for one tick of a clock
Brit., Informal moment; instant
Etymology: ME tek, prob. < Gmc echoic base > Du tikk, MHG zicken, to tick
intransitive verb
- to make a tick or series of ticks, as a clock
- Informal to function characteristically or well; operate; work what makes him tick?
transitive verb
- to indicate, record, or count by a tick or ticks
- Chiefly Brit. to mark or check off (an item on a list, etc.) with a tick: usually with off
tick off
- Brit., Informal to reprimand
- ☆ Slang to make angry or irritable
tick (tik)
noun
- 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.
- any of various degenerate, two-winged, parasitic insects
Etymology: ME teke < OE ticia (? for ticca), akin to MDu teke, Ger zecke < IE base *deiĝh-, to prickle, itch > Arm tiz, tick, MIr dega, stag beetle
tick (tik)
tick (tik)
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Alternate definitions:
tick
n.
A light beat
clock-tick, beat, tick-tock, click, tap, light rap, slight blow, metallic sound. An insect
parasite, bloodsucker, arachnid, acarida, louse, mite; see also insect, pest 1.Ticks include: cattle, sheep, bird, wood, deer.
A mattress
feather tick, straw tick, cornhusk tick, pillow, cushion; see also bed 1, mattress.
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Object
- box: Please tick a box to indicate your payment method.
Converse of object
- remove: Remove the tick from the Enabled box next to Email.
Adjective modifier
- infected: This method however could yield false negatives if single infected ticks failed to cause clinical disease ( Norval et al. , 1990 ).
Modifies a noun
- infestation: There are just no shortcuts to preventing flea and tick infestation.
Noun used with modifier
- clock: What we are doing here is looking for a page unused since the last period ( clock tick?
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: Choose to do one of our multi-day trips, or tick off a classic tour around various islands.
Preposition: in
- box: Put a tick in the box at the top of the screen to include typographical variants in your search.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- over: My job is just to keep the station ticking over happily.
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