"ticks" in the noun sense

1. tick, ticking

a metallic tapping sound

"he counted the ticks of the clock"

2. tick

any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

3. check mark, check, tick

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"

4. tick

a light mattress

"ticks" 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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