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tick

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noun (1)

ˈtik How to pronounce tick (audio)
1
a
: a light rhythmic audible tap or beat
also : a series of such ticks
b
: the time taken by the tick of a clock : moment
2
: a small spot or mark
especially : one used to direct attention to something, to check an item on a list, or to represent a point on a scale
3
a
finance : the minimum amount by which the price of a security can move upward or downward
The minimum price fluctuation is called a "tick." Gerald Warfield
also : a stock market transaction at a price above or below the last previous transaction in the same security or the change in price that such a transaction represents
an upward/downward tick
The telegraph, and then the stock ticker, provided a number of advantages … . The ticker was named for its characteristic sound when printing; to this day, any movement of a stock's price is called a "tick." Joe Janes
Note that I assume none of you plan to spend your golden years watching the market tick by tick and jumping in and out of stocks. Barry Ritholtz
b
: a small amount
… Wednesday's fifth episode drew 12.3 same-day million viewers, up a tick from the previous week's 12.2 million. Gary Levin
see also downtick, uptick

tick

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verb

ticked; ticking; ticks

intransitive verb

1
: to make the sound of a tick or a series of ticks
2
: to operate as a functioning mechanism : run
tried to understand what made him tick
the motor was ticking over quietly

transitive verb

1
: to mark with a written tick : check
—usually used with off
ticked off each item in the list
2
: to mark, count, or announce by or as if by ticking beats
a meter ticking off the cab fare
3
: to touch with a momentary glancing blow
ticked the ball

tick

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noun (2)

1
: any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases
2
: any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteran flies compare sheep ked

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tick

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noun (3)

1
: the fabric case of a mattress, pillow, or bolster
also : a mattress consisting of a tick and its filling
2
: ticking entry 1

tick

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noun (4)

chiefly British
: credit, trust
also : a credit account

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb I could hear the clock tick . His old heart is still ticking. Tick the box next to your choice.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English tek pat, light stroke; akin to Middle High German zic light push

Noun (2)

Middle English tyke, teke; akin to Middle High German zeche tick, Armenian tiz

Noun (3)

Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch (akin to Old High German ziahha tick), from Latin theca cover, from Greek thēkē case; akin to Greek tithenai to place — more at do

Noun (4)

short for ticket entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1721, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (4)

1642, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tick was in the 14th century

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