TICK
Dictionary entry overview: What does tick mean?
• TICK (noun)
The noun TICK has 4 senses:
1. a metallic tapping sound
2. any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
3. a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
4. a light mattress
Familiarity information: TICK used as a noun is uncommon.
• TICK (verb)
The verb TICK has 4 senses:
1. make a clicking or ticking sound
2. make a sound like a clock or a timer
3. sew
4. put a check mark on or near or next to
Familiarity information: TICK used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TICK (noun)
Meaning:
A metallic tapping sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
ticking; tick
Context example:
he counted the ticks of the clock
Hypernyms ("tick" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tick"):
ticktock; tictac; tocktact (steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock)
Meaning:
Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tick" is a kind of...):
acarine (mite or tick)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tick"):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
argasid; soft tick (tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head)
Holonyms ("tick" is a member of...):
Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)
Meaning:
A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
check mark; tick; check
Context example:
as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
Hypernyms ("tick" is a kind of...):
mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))
Meaning:
A light mattress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tick" is a kind of...):
mattress (a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed)
• TICK (verb)
Meaning:
Make a clicking or ticking sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
tick; click
Context example:
The clock ticked away
Hypernyms (to "tick" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Make a sound like a clock or a timer
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
ticktock; ticktack; tick; beat
Context examples:
the clocks were ticking / the grandfather clock beat midnight
Hypernyms (to "tick" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Sew
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
retick; tick
Context example:
tick a mattress
Hypernyms (to "tick" is one way to...):
run up; sew; sew together; stitch (fasten by sewing; do needlework)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Put a check mark on or near or next to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
tick off; check off; mark off; tick; check; mark
Context examples:
Please check each name on the list / tick off the items / mark off the units
Hypernyms (to "tick" is one way to...):
verify (confirm the truth of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tick"):
receipt (mark or stamp as paid)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
