tick
/tɪk/ noun C2- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. · The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. · At midday, the long bond is up a tick.
- A short period of time, particularly a second. · I'll be back in a tick.
- A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
- A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness, or acknowledgement. · Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box
- A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
Plural ticks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- tick away To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) ...
- tick by Synonym of tick past.
- tick down To count the time down to zero.
- tick off To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as...
- tick on Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, ...
- tick over to idle (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear).
From the library
Later on she made her bed less successfully, for she had never learned the art of wrestling with a feather tick.
Other matches
- tick A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. B1
- tick To make a clicking noise similar to the movemen... B1
- tick To go on trust, or credit. C2
- tick Ticking. C2
- tick away To count down to zero
- tick by Synonym of tick past.
- tick down To count the time down to zero.
- tick off To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, esp...
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