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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Tick" Definition
noun
A cloth case for a mattress or pillow.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A light mattress without inner springs.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of numerous small bloodsucking parasitic arachnids of the family Ixodidae, many of which transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To emit recurring clicking sounds: as the clock ticked.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To function characteristically or well: machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To touch with a momentary glancing blow .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To mark with a written tick .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To mark, count, or announce by or as if by beats .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To operate as a functioning mechanism .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To make the sound of a tick or a series of .
Source: Merriam-Webster
phrasal-verb
Tick off Informal To make angry or annoyed: Constant delays ticked me off.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To count or record with or as if with the sound of ticks: a clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name as the roll was called.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary