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tick (n)
a metallic tapping sound
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
a light mattress
tick (v)
make a clicking or ticking sound
make a sound like a clock or a timer
sew
put a check mark on or near or next to
tick (n.)
Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.
Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).
The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
Ticking. See Ticking, n.
A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.
The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
tick (v. i.)
To go on trust, or credit.
To give tick; to trust.
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
To strike gently; to pat.
tick (v. t.)
To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
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tick
a metallic tapping sound, any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals, a mark indicating that
beat,crack,flash,heartbeat,instant,minute,moment,nanosecond,second,shake
No antonyms found.
ticino => Ticino, tichorrhine => tichorrhines, tichodrome => Wallcreeper, tichodroma muriaria => Wallcreeper, tichodroma => Wallcreeper,
