'Tick' definitions:

Definition of 'tick'

(from WordNet)
noun
A metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking]
noun
Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
noun
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" [syn: check mark, check, tick]
noun
A light mattress
verb
Make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: click, tick]
verb
Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat]
verb
Sew; "tick a mattress" [syn: tick, retick]
verb
Put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.] Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, v. i.
  • 1. To go on trust, or credit. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To give tick; to trust. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, n. [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf. Tike a tick.] (Zool.) (a) 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. (b) 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). [1913 Webster]
  • Tick bean, a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals.
  • Tick trefoil (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus Desmodium, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, v. t. To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. [1913 Webster]
  • When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put. See Thesis.]
  • 1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Ticking. See Ticking, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.]
  • 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To strike gently; to pat. [1913 Webster]
  • Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, n.
  • 1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Death tick. (Zool.) See Deathwatch. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tick'

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Words containing 'Tick'