tick
tik
- n a metallic tapping sound
he counted the ticks of the clock - n any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- n a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- n a light mattress
- v make a clicking or ticking sound
The clock ticked away - v make a sound like a clock or a timer
the clocks were ticking - v sew
tick a mattress - v put a check mark on or near or next to
tick off the items
- There's a new tick-borne disease to worry about.
- People who hear a ringing, hissing or ticking in their own ears are suffering from a fairly common complaint called tinnitis (caused by inflammation of the middle ear, drugs .
- Warning the British public against producing "on tick" (credit), selling "on tick" and buying "on tick," the Parliamentary Secretary of the Overseas Trade.