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English to English noun
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a metallic tapping sound |  | Example: he counted the ticks of the clock
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any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals | | source: wordnet30
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a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. | | Example: as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
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a light mattress | | source: wordnet30
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Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling. | | source: webster1913
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A quick, audible beat, as of a clock. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make a clicking or ticking sound | | Example: The clock ticked away
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make a sound like a clock or a timer | | Example: the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight
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sew | | Example: tick a mattress
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put a check mark on or near or next to | | Example: Please check each name on the list
tick off the items
mark off the units
source: wordnet30
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To go on trust, or credit. | | source: webster1913
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To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. | | source: webster1913
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To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. | | source: webster1913
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