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tick

(t/I/k )

a metallic tapping sound(noun.event)

Example:
He counted the ticks of the clock.

Synonym:
ticking

source: wordnet30
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.(noun.communication)

Synonym:
check, check mark

source: wordnet30
a light mattress(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.(noun)

source: webster1913
A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a clicking or ticking sound(verb.perception)

Example:
The clock ticked away.

Synonym:
click

source: wordnet30
make a sound like a clock or a timer(verb.perception)

Example:
The clocks were ticking.

Synonym:
beat, ticktack, ticktock

source: wordnet30
sew(verb.contact)

Example:
Tick a mattress.

Synonym:
retick

source: wordnet30
put a check mark on or near or next to(verb.cognition)

Example:
Tick off the items.

Synonym:
check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off

source: wordnet30
To go on trust, or credit.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.(verb)

source: webster1913
To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.(verb)

source: webster1913

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