Sekirov Dictionary

tick

/tɪk/

noun16

  1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
  2. a small sharp noise that a clock or other working machine makes over and over
  3. (Commonwealth) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness, or acknowledgement.
  4. (informal) A short period of time, particularly a second.
  5. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
  6. A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  7. Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
  8. A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
  9. (UK, informal) Credit, trust.
  10. 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.
  11. A tap or light touch.
  12. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
  13. Ticking.
  14. A slight speck.
  15. A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
  16. (no longer used) A goat.

verb7

  1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
  2. To make a tick or checkmark.
  3. (informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
  4. To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
  5. To strike gently; to pat.
  6. To go on trust, or credit.
  7. To give tick; to trust.
forms

ticked · ticking · ticketh · ticks

Phrases with tick

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