Meaning of 'tick' (Webster Dictionary)
- Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
- Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which
attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many
other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen,
and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach
themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first
but six legs.
- Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a
flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird)
and sheep tick (see under Sheep).
- The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains
the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
- Ticking. See Ticking, n.
- A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
- Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or
to serve as a check.
- The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
- To go on trust, or credit.
- To give tick; to trust.
- To make a small or repeating noise by beating or
otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
- To strike gently; to pat.
- To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to
score.
Meaning of 'tick' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
Example in sentence:- as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
Meaning (2):
- a metallic tapping sound
Example in sentence:- he counted the ticks of the clock
Meaning (3):
- put a check mark on or near or next to
Example in sentence:- mark off the units;
- Please check each name on the list;
- tick off the items
Meaning (4):
- make a clicking or ticking sound
Meaning (5):
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
Example in sentence:- the clocks were ticking;
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
Meaning (6):
- sew
Definition
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