Tick meaning

tĭk

Any of various usually wingless insects that resemble a tick, such as a sheep ked.

noun

To function characteristically or well; operate; work.

What makes him tick?

verb

A cloth case or covering that is filled with cotton, feathers, hair, etc. to form a mattress or pillow.

noun

The minimum price movement on a futures contract. If the tick is up, it is called an uptick; if it is down, it is called a downtick.

To tick means to create a consistent noise or beat.

An example of to tick is for a clock to make a noise every second.

verb

The definition of a tick is a recurring noise.

An example of a tick is the sound of a watch or clock.

noun

A moment.

noun

A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.

noun

A unit on a scale; a degree.

When interest rates move up a tick.

noun

To emit recurring clicking sounds.

As the clock ticked.

verb

To function characteristically or well.

Machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.

verb

To count or record with the sound of ticks.

A clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.

verb

To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick.

Ticked off each name on the list.

verb

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.

noun

Ticking.

noun

Credit or an amount of credit.

noun

A light touch; pat.

noun

A light clicking or tapping sound, as that made by the escapement of a watch or clock.

noun

A mark (✓, /, etc.) made to check off items; check mark.

noun

Moment; instant.

noun

A tiny degree or increment.

noun

To make a tick or series of ticks, as a clock.

verb

To indicate, record, or count by a tick or ticks.

verb

To mark or check off (an item on a list, etc.) with a tick.

verb

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.

noun

Any of various wingless, parasitic insects.

noun

Ticking.

noun

Credit; trust.

To buy something on tick.

noun

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.

noun

Any of various usually wingless insects that resemble a tick, such as a sheep ked.

noun

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.

One clock cycle, or one "tick" of the clock. See clock cycle.

(fauna) A tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.

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.

noun

A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

noun

(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).

noun

(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.

I'll be back in a tick.

noun

(Australia, New Zealand, UK) A mark (âœ“) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark.

Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box.

noun

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.

verb

To make a tick mark.

verb

(informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.

He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.

I wonder what makes her tick.

verb

To strike gently; to pat.

verb

(uncountable) Ticking.

noun

A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

noun

(UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.

noun

To go on trust, or credit.

verb

To give tick; to trust.

verb

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

verb

A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.

noun

tick off

To reprimand.
To make angry or irritable.

idiom

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

tick off

Origin of tick

Middle English tikke probably from Middle Dutch tīke ultimately from Latin thēca receptacle from Greek thēkē dhē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English tike, tik perhaps from Old English ticca

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English tik light tap

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Short for ticket

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From Old English ticia (“parasitic animal"), from West Germanic, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.

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From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch, from Latin theca (“cover")

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From Middle English tek (“light touch", "tap")

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From ticket

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Tick meaning

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Origin of tick

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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