| NOUN | event | tick, ticking | a metallic tapping sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | tick | any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis | |
| communication | tick, check mark, check | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. | |
| artifact | tick | a light mattress | |
| VERB | perception | tick, click | make a clicking or ticking sound |
| perception | tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat | make a sound like a clock or a timer / timer | |
| contact | tick, retick | sew | |
| cognition | tick, check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off | put a check mark on or near or next to |
| Sounds | tih'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | A metallic tapping sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he counted the ticks of the clock" | |
| Synonym | ticking | |
| Narrower | ticktock, tocktact, tictac | steady recurrent ticking / ticking sound as made by a clock |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Spanish | tictac | |
| Verbs | tick | make a clicking or ticking sound |
| Meaning | Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Acarina, order Acarina | mites and ticks |
| Narrower | hard tick, ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
| soft tick, argasid | tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head | |
| Broader | acarine | mite or tick |
| Spanish | garrapata, ixodoidea | |
| Catalan | paparra | |
| Verbs | tick | make a sound like a clock or a timer / timer |
| Meaning | A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | check mark, check | |
| Broader | mark | A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) |
| Catalan | vist | |
| Meaning | A light mattress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | mattress | A large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed |
| Verbs | tick | sew |
| Meaning | make a clicking or ticking sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The clock ticked away" | |
| Synonym | click | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Nouns | tick, ticking | a metallic tapping sound |
| Meaning | make a sound like a clock or a timer / timer. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the clocks were ticking" | |
| Synonyms | ticktock, ticktack, beat | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Catalan | amartellar, bategar, batre, copejar, martellejar, palpitar, pegar, tustar | |
| Nouns | tick | any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis |
| ticker | a small portable timepiece | |
| ticking | a metallic tapping sound | |
| Meaning | sew. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tick a mattress" | |
| Synonym | retick | |
| Broader | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| Spanish | pespuntear, volver a pespuntear | |
| Nouns | tick | a light mattress |
| ticking | a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers | |
| Meaning | put a check mark on or near or next to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tick off the items" | |
| Synonyms | check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off | |
| Narrower | receipt | mark or stamp as paid |
| Broader | verify | confirm the truth of |
| Similar to | check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into | examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition |
| see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure | Be careful or certain to do something | |
| Spanish | comprobar, revisar | |
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