āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻā§āĻŦā§
any small parasitic arachnid that feeds on the blood of warm-blooded vertebrates
02
āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
a metallic tapping sound
03
āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻāĻĻāĻŋ, āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž
a light mattress
04
āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She hesitated for a tick before answering the question.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
to tick
01
āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a repetitive, light, clicking sound, like that of a clock or a machine
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The bomb timer ticked ominously, heightening the tension in the room.
āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to signal or announce something using a ticking sound or mark
Transitive: to tick sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The clock steadily ticked the minutes.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to make a checkmark next to an item or select an option on a list or form
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to tick an item or option
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She ticked each item off her shopping list as she found it in the store.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
