"ticked" in the verb sense
1. click, tick
make a clicking or ticking sound
"The clock ticked away"
2. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
make a sound like a clock or a timer
"the clocks were ticking"
"the grandfather clock beat midnight"
3. tick, retick
sew
"tick a mattress"
4. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick
put a check mark on or near or next to
"Please check each name on the list"
"tick off the items"
"mark off the units"
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