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The definition of tick

7 Definitions of: tick

1. noun, a recurrent metallic tapping or clicking sound, such as that made by a clock or watch
2. noun, a moment or instant
3. noun, a mark (✓) or dash used to check off or indicate the correctness of something
4. noun, commerce the smallest increment of a price fluctuation in a commodity exchange. Tick size is usually 0.01% of the nominal value of the trading unit
5. verb, to produce a recurrent tapping sound or indicate by such a sound
6. verb, to mark or check (something, such as a list) with a tick
7. verb, what makes someone tick the basic drive or motivation of a person ▷ See also tick off ▷ See also, tick over
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1. noun, any of various small parasitic arachnids of the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae, (soft ticks), typically living on the skin of warm-blooded animals and feeding on the blood and tissues of their hosts: order Acarina (mites and ticks). Related adj acaroid
2. noun, any of certain other arachnids of the order Acarina
3. noun, any of certain insects of the dipterous family Hippoboscidae that are ectoparasitic on horses, cattle, sheep, etc, esp the sheep ked
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1. noun, the strong covering of a pillow, mattress, etc
2. noun, short for ticking
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1. noun, account or credit (esp in the phrase on tick)
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Synonyms:	reprimand, chide, mark, line, stroke, dash, click, tap, clack, ticktock	And more...

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