TICK

Definitions of tick in various dictionaries:

noun - a metallic tapping sound

noun - any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis

noun - a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

noun - a light mattress

verb - make a clicking or ticking sound

verb - make a sound like a clock or a timer

verb - sew

verb - put a check mark on or near or next to

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

A moment.

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

A unit on a scale; a degree: when interest rates move up a tick.

To emit recurring clicking sounds: as the clock ticked.

To function characteristically or well: machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.

To count or record with or as if with the sound of ticks: a clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.

To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name as the roll was called.

Any of numerous small bloodsucking parasitic arachnids of the family Ixodidae, many of which transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.

Any of various usually wingless, louselike insects of the family Hippobosciddae that are parasitic on sheep, goats, and other animals.

A cloth case for a mattress or pillow.

A light mattress without inner springs.

Ticking.

Credit or an amount of credit.

verb - to make a recurrent clicking sound

TICK - Ticks are small arachnids, part of the order Parasitiformes. Along with mites, they constitute the subclass Acari. Ticks are ectoparasites (external ...