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▸ noun: A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
▸ noun: A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
▸ noun: (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
▸ noun: (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
▸ noun: (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
▸ noun: (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
▸ noun: (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
▸ noun: (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
▸ noun: (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
▸ noun: A tap or light touch.
▸ noun: A slight speck.
▸ verb: To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
▸ verb: To make a tick or checkmark.
▸ verb: (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
▸ verb: To strike gently; to pat.
▸ verb: (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
▸ noun: (uncountable) Ticking.
▸ noun: A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
▸ noun: (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
▸ noun: (obsolete, place names) A goat.
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ticktock,
click,
beat,
ticktack,
retick,
ixode,
tickspider,
hooded tickspider,
seed tick,
bat tick,
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