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tick

[ US /ˈtɪk/ ]
[ UK /tˈɪk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a light mattress
  2. a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
    as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
  3. a metallic tapping sound
    he counted the ticks of the clock
  4. any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
VERB
  1. make a clicking or ticking sound
    The clock ticked away
  2. sew
    tick a mattress
  3. put a check mark on or near or next to
    mark off the units
    Please check each name on the list
    tick off the items
  4. make a sound like a clock or a timer
    the grandfather clock beat midnight
    the clocks were ticking
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  • Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
  • My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
  • He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
  • Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you interview a lot of conservative Democrats, even in states like Texas, you know, New Mexico, they are very concerned that Hillary Clinton on the top of the ticket would really kind of depress voter turnout and ultimately affect a lot of down ballot races. CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2008
  • Depending on the size of your pippy bag, the proportions will be all wrong, and it will look a bit like a three-dimensional stick person with a huge bloated hydrocephalic head, but don't worry about that. Hooting Yard
  • A few weeks before the vote on November 7, the buzz goes, Cheney will announce his resignation, ostensibly because of signs of new trouble with his ticker.
  • This being Los Angeles, and me being a hick from the sticks, I was only a few feet away from asking the shorter guy for an autograph, when I chickened out.
  • After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
  • I put on black eyeliner, mascara, red eye shadow with black tints towards the edges of my eyes, and ruby colored lipstick.
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