tick

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[[t]tɪk[/t]]

n.

1) a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock

2) brit. Brit. Informal. a moment or instant

3) elo cv a small dot, mark, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something

4) bus

a) a movement in the price of a stock, bond, or option

b) bus the smallest possible tick on a given exchange

5) vet a small contrasting spot of color on the coat of a mammal or the feathers of a bird

6) to emit a tick, like that of a clock

7) to pass as with ticks of a clock:

The hours ticked by[/ex]

8) to sound or announce by a tick or ticks:

The clock ticked the minutes[/ex]

9) to mark with a tick; check (usu. fol. by

off): to tick off the items on the list[/ex]

10) phv tick off, Slang.

to make angry

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Etymology: 1400–50; late ME tek little touch; akin to D tik a touch, pat, Norw tikka to touch II

tick

[[t]tɪk[/t]] n.

ivt any of numerous bloodsucking arachnids of the order Acarina, related to but larger than mites, having a barbed proboscis for attachment to the skin: some are disease vectors

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME teke, tyke, OE ticia (perh. sp. error for tiica (i.e. tīca) or ticca) III

tick

[[t]tɪk[/t]] n.

1) the cloth case of a mattress, pillow, etc., containing hair, feathers, or the like

2) ticking

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Etymology: 1425–75; late ME tikke, teke, tyke; cf. MD, MLG tēke, OHG ziahha, ziecha tick, pillowcase