tick in English

noun

1

a regular short, sharp sound, especially that made by a clock or watch.

In a sport in which the times are measured in hundredths of a second, she beat Giove, who took second, by 20 ticks of the clock.

synonyms: ticking, tick-tock, click, clicking, tap, tapping

2

a check mark.

A map of the Urus-Martan area is black from ticks and marks indicating ordnance.

synonyms: check mark, check, stroke, mark

3

the smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate.

If you want to further refine the trailing buy stop technique, you can lower your buy order the next day to the level one tick above the latest price bar.

4

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.

It takes 24 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease, so rapid removal is important.

5

on credit.

If you buy it on tick it'll be worn out before you've finished paying for it.

verb

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

synonyms: click, tock, tick-tock, tap

2

mark (an item) with a check mark, typically to show that it has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with.

just tick the appropriate box below

noun

ticking, tick-tock, click, clicking, tap, tapping
check mark, check, stroke, mark
check, check mark
ticking

verb

click, pass, ticktock, mark off
click, tock, tick-tock, tap
pass, elapse, go, continue, advance, wear on, roll on, fly, run out, vanish
ticktock, beat
click
mark off, check, mark, tick off, check off

Use "tick" in a sentence

1. It's the tick-tick-tick of a clock.

2. If you do it wrong, it sounds like: Tick-TAT, tick-TAT, tick-TAT.

3. They start dating but break up in "Tick Tick Tick" after Barney confesses to cheating on her with Robin.

4. Tick (actual size)

5. Macro of a tick on an herb - Black legged tick stock pictures, royalty

6. Hang on a tick!

7. Just wait a tick!

8. That's the tick venom ascending.

9. Tick the relevant box below.

10. The best costume wins an authentic Tick prize autographed by Tick creator Ben Edlund.

11. Macro of a tick on an herb - Black legged tick stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images.

12. Okay, magical tick hunt is over.

13. Molecular biology of tick Acetylcholinesterases

14. Please tick the appropriate box.

15. Clucking Classy Red Tick Pillow $ 27.50

16. Tick it off in the box.

17. Browse 72 Black legged tick stock photos and images available, or search for lone star tick or american dog tick to find more great stock photos and pictures

18. Adult tick walking to warm source - nature shot - Black legged tick stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

19. Counterattacking the tick bite: towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission Parasit Vectors

20. Browse 100 Black legged tick stock illustrations and vector graphics available royalty-free, or search for lone star tick or american dog tick to find more great stock images and vector art.

21. I'll be with you in a tick .

22. A tick indicates the active workspace.

23. I'll be back in a tick.

24. Adult tick walking to warm source - nature shot - Black legged tick stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

25. The name “Croton” comes from a Greek word for tick, as the Croton seed resembles a tick in shape.

26. Black legged deer tick isolated - Ixodes scapularis Also commonly found on cats and dogs! Black legged tick stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images Bloated deer tick on a green leaf background

27. I just want to have some tick-back.

28. Tick the box beside 'Keyword', then click Apply.

29. Each tick lost or gained equals $10.

30. Tick 'yes' or 'no' to each question.

31. Place a tick in the appropriate box.

32. That tick is an IV drip of poison.

33. Tick marks indicate which settings are active.

34. My watch doesn't tick because it's electric.

35. Tick the description that best fits you.

36. Colessees techiest tick impeaches Branchiosaurian Afrogaea monarch redheadedly unmedicative

37. 9 Objective To prepare purified tick - borne encephalitis vaccine.

38. 22 The tickler a tick on the nickname Nickel.

39. Opposite his own name was a small tick.

40. They'll be on the guys in half a tick.

41. To activate a filter, tick the text box ( ).

42. I've never really understood what makes her tick.

43. As you finish each task, tick it off.

44. As nouns the difference between tick and Capitulum is that tick is a tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder ixodida or tick can be a relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery or tick can be (uncountable) ticking or tick can be (ukcolloquial) credit, trust while Capitulum is (botany) a densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual

45. The black-legged tick, or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis, shown here is a relatively large member of the Acari, about 5 mm long

46. If you get a green tick, your shower's working.

47. He wanted to find out what made them tick.

48. Acarology is page for sharing information about mites and tick

49. [Tick mark] I'm receiving clicks from outside my targeted region

50. Using pesticides to reduce tick numbers may also be effective.