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tick

/ tick /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
Type of:
acarine
Kinds of:
hard tick ixodid soft tick argasid
Has parts:
Acarina order Acarina
Derived:
ticktock ticktack beat
noun Sense 2
a light mattress
Type of:
mattress
Derived:
retick
noun Sense 3
a metallic tapping sound
"he counted the ticks of the clock"
Type of:
sound
Kinds of:
ticktock tocktact tictac
Derived:
ticktock ticktack beat click
verb Sense 4
sew
"tick a mattress"
Type of:
sew run up sew together
Derived:
ticking
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
make a sound like a clock or a timer
"the clocks were ticking"
"the grandfather clock beat midnight"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
beat ticktock tocktact tictac watch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
make a clicking or ticking sound
"The clock ticked away"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
ticking chink click clink
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 7
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
"as he called the role he put a check mark by each student''s name"
Type of:
mark
Derived:
check check off mark mark off tick off
verb Sense 8
put a check mark on or next to
"Please check each name on the list"
"tick off the items"
Type of:
verify
Kinds of:
receipt
Derived:
check mark check
Verb group:
check check up on look into check out suss out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
95%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
52
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

acarine hard tick ixodid soft tick argasid mattress sound ticktock tocktact tictac sew run up