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1. A metallic tapping sound
   "he counted the ticks of the clock"
   - ticking
    
2. Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
    
3. [Brit] A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
   - check mark, check
    
4. A light mattress
    
5. [Brit] Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
   - credit, deferred payment
    
6. (informal) a moment
   "just a tick"

1. Make a clicking or ticking sound
   "The clock ticked away"
   - click
    
2. Make a sound like a clock or a timer
   "the clocks were ticking"
   - ticktock, ticktack, beat
    
3. Sew
   "tick a mattress"
   - retick
    
4. [Brit] Put a check mark on or near or next to
   "tick off the items"
   - check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off [Brit, Cdn]

Sounds like: tic

Derived forms: ticked, ticks, ticking

See also: ticker, ticking

Type of: acarine, go, mark, mattress, payment, run up, sew, sew together, sound, stitch, verify

Part of: Acarina, order Acarina

Encyclopedia: Tick Tick, Tick, Tick Tick, tock, your dead Tick, Tock, You're Dead