tick
1. a metallic tapping sound (Freq. 2)
- he counted the ticks of the clock
• Syn:
ticking
• Derivationally related forms:
tick (for: ticking)
• Hypernyms:
sound
• Hyponyms:
ticktock, tocktact, tictac
2. any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis;
feed on blood of warm-blooded animals (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
acarine
• Hyponyms:
hard tick, ixodid, soft tick, argasid
• Member Holonyms:
Acarina, order Acarina
3. 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
• Syn:
check mark, check
• Derivationally related forms:
check (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
mark
4. a light mattress
• Hypernyms:
mattress
1. make a clicking or ticking sound (Freq. 2)
- The clock ticked away
• Syn:
click
• Derivationally related forms:
ticking, click (for: click)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. make a sound like a clock or a timer (Freq. 1)
- the clocks were ticking
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
• Syn:
ticktock, ticktack, beat
• Derivationally related forms:
beat (for: beat), ticktock (for: ticktock), ticker, ticking
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. 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
• Syn:
check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off
• Derivationally related forms:
check (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
verify
• Hyponyms:
receipt
• Verb Group:
check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out,
check over, go over, check into, see, insure, see to it,
ensure, control, ascertain, assure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. sew
- tick a mattress
• Syn:
retick
• Derivationally related forms:
ticking
• Hypernyms:
sew, run up, sew together, stitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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