tick

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

tick UK US [tɪk] noun [ ticks ]
 
MARK

1. <I > countable mainly UK ( US usually check ) a mark (✓) that shows that something is correct or has been done
• Put a tick by/against the names of the people who have accepted the invitation.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Specific signs and symbols ↑Signs, signals and symbols
 
• Put a tick opposite the answer that you think is correct.
• All his answers had ticks next to them.
 
SHORT TIME
2. countable UK informal a very short time
• Hold on/Hang on a tick - I'm not quite ready.
• I'll be with you in a tick/in two ticks.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Short in time ↑Temporary
 
SOUND
3. countable usually singular the sound clocks and watches make every second
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Sounds made by objects, movement or impact ↑Watches and clocks
 
PAYING LATER
4. on tick UK old-fashioned informal
If you buy something on tick, you pay for it later.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Borrowing, lending and debt
 
ANIMAL
5. countable a very small creature like an insect which lives on and sucks the blood of other animals
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Arachnids
 
verb
 
SOUND

1. intransitive When a clock or watch ticks, it makes a sound every second.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Watches and clocks ↑Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
 
MARK

2. transitive mainly UK ( US usually check ) to mark something with a tick
• Tick (off) each item on the list as you complete it.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Marks and results
Idiom: what makes somebody tick
Phrasal Verbs: tick by ▪ tick over ▪ tick somebody off

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  check mark, check, ticking, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, retick, ticktock, ticktack, beat, click