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    tick
    [tik]
    noun
    tick (noun) · ticks (plural noun)
    1. BRITISH ENGLISH
      a mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with; a check mark.
    2. stock market
      the smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate.
    verb
    tick (verb) · ticks (third person present) · ticked (past tense) · ticked (past participle) · ticking (present participle)
    1. (of a clock or other mechanical device) make regular short sharp sounds, typically one for every second of time that passes:
      "I could hear the clock ticking"
    2. BRITISH ENGLISH
      mark (an item) with a tick or select (a box) on a form, questionnaire, etc., to indicate that something has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with:
      "just tick the appropriate box below"
    Origin
    Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘pat, touch’): probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch tik (noun), tikken (verb) ‘pat, touch’. The noun was recorded in late Middle English as ‘a light tap’; current senses date from the late 17th century.
    tick
    [tik]
    noun
    tick (noun) · ticks (plural noun)
    1. a parasitic arachnid that attaches itself to the skin of a terrestrial vertebrate from which it sucks blood, leaving the host when sated. Some species transmit diseases, including tularemia and Lyme disease.
      • informal
        a parasitic louse fly.
    Origin
    Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke.
    tick
    [tik]
    noun
    tick (noun) · ticks (plural noun)
    1. a fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow.
    Origin
    late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca ‘case’, from Greek thēkē.
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  3. tick 1 [ tik ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock. Chiefly British Informal. a moment or instant. a small dot, mark, check, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something.
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    TICK meaning: 1 : a small, quick sound that is made by a machine (such as a clock) and that often occurs in a series to produce a rhythm; 2 : the time that it takes a clock to make one tick a very short period of time
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    tick 1 (tĭk) n. 1. A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.
     
  4. WEBLearn the various meanings and uses of the word tick, from a light tap or beat to a bloodsucking arachnid. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of tick.

     
  5. WEBLearn the meaning and usage of the word 'tick' in British and American English. Find out the different senses of 'tick' as a noun, verb, and mark, as well as related words and expressions.

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