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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: tick

1	n v	a metallic tapping sound make a clicking or ticking sound
2	n v	a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. put a check mark on or near or next to
3	n v	a light mattress sew
4	n	any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: tick

n a metallic tapping sound

“he counted the ticks of the clock”

Synonyms:: ticking

Types:: ticktock, tictac, tocktact
steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock

Type of:: sound
the sudden occurrence of an audible event

v make a clicking or ticking sound

“The clock ticked away”

Synonyms:: click

Type of:: go, sound
make a certain noise or sound

v make a sound like a clock or a timer

“the clocks were ticking”

Synonyms:: beat, ticktack, ticktock

Type of:: go, sound
make a certain noise or sound

n a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

Synonyms:: check, check mark

Type of:: mark
a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

v put a check mark on or near or next to

“tick off the items”

Synonyms:: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off

: check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

Types:: receipt
mark or stamp as paid

Type of:: verify
confirm the truth of

n a light mattress

Type of:: mattress
a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed

v sew

“tick a mattress”

Synonyms:: retick

Type of:: run up, sew, sew together, stitch
fasten by sewing; do needlework

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

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; 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; Ixodes dammini, deer tick
a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis; Ixodes neotomae
a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats; Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick
a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California; Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick
parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick); Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick
parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete; Ixodes persulcatus
bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete; Ixodes dentatus
usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats; Ixodes spinipalpis
usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats; American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, wood tick
common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

Type of:: acarine
mite or tick

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