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Webster 1913 Edition

Tick

Tick

,
Noun.
[Abbrev. from
ticket
.]
Credit; trust;
as, to buy on, or upon,
tick
.

Tick

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To go on trust, or credit.
2.
To give tick; to trust.

Tick

,
Noun.
[OE.
tike
,
teke
; akin to D.
teek
, G.
zecke
. Cf.
Tike
a tick.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.
(b)
Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under
Bird
) and sheep tick (see under
Sheep
).
Tick bean
,
a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals.
–
Tick trefoil
(Bot.)
,
a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus
Desmodium
, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep.

Tick

,
Noun.
[LL.
techa
,
teca
, L.
theca
case, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to put. See
Thesis
.]
1.
The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
2.
Ticking. See
Ticking
,
Noun.

Tick

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ticked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ticking
.]
[Probably of imitative origin; cf. D.
tikken
, LG.
ticken
.]
1.
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
2.
To strike gently; to pat.
Stand not
ticking
and toying at the branches.
Latimer.

Tick

,
Noun.
1.
A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
2.
Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.
Dickens.
3.
(Zool.)
The whinchat; – so called from its note.
[Prov. Eng.]
Death tick
.
(Zool.)
See
Deathwatch
.

Tick

,
Verb.
T.
To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and
ticked
it off.
Dickens.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tick

TICK

,
Noun.
Credit; trust; as, to buy upon tick.

TICK

,
Noun.
A little animal of a livid color and globose-ovate form, that infests sheep,dogs, goats, cows, &c., a species of Acarus.

TICK

,
Noun.
[L. tego; Eng. to deck.] The cover or case of a bed, which contains the feathers, wool or other material.

TICK

,
Verb.
I.
[from tick, credit.] To run upon score.
1.
To trust.

TICK

,
Verb.
I.
[L. tango, tago.] To beat; to pat; or to make a small noise by beating or otherwise; as a watch.

Definition 2024

tick

tick

English

A tick (Ixodes hexagonus)

Noun

tick ‎(plural ticks)

  1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English tek ‎(“light touch", "tap”)

Noun

tick ‎(plural ticks)

  1. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
    The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.
  2. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
    At midday, the long bond is up a tick.
  3. (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  4. (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
    I'll be back in a tick.
  5. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) a mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
    Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box
  6. (birdwatching, slang) A lifer (bird seen by a birdwatcher for the first time) that is uninteresting and routine, thus merely a tick mark on a list.
  7. The whinchat; so called from its note.
Derived terms
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Verb

tick ‎(third-person singular simple present ticks, present participle ticking, simple past and past participle ticked)

  1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  2. To make a tick mark.
  3. (informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
    He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.
    I wonder what makes her tick.
  4. To strike gently; to pat.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Latimer
      Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
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Etymology 3

From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch, from Latin theca ‎(“cover”)

Noun

tick ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ticks)

  1. (uncountable) Ticking.
  2. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

From ticket

Noun

tick ‎(plural ticks)

  1. (Britain, colloquial) Credit, trust.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 190:
      He paid his mother-in-law rent and, when the baker or the butcher or the grocer wouldn't let her have any more on tick, he paid the bills.
Translations

Verb

tick ‎(third-person singular simple present ticks, present participle ticking, simple past and past participle ticked)

  1. To go on trust, or credit.
  2. To give tick; to trust.

Etymology 5

From Middle English tichen ‎(“a goat”), from Old English ticcen ‎(“a young goat”). Cognate with German Ziege ‎(“a billy goat”), German Zicke ‎(“a nanny goat”).

Noun

tick ‎(plural ticks)

  1. (obsolete, place names) A goat.
    Tickhill‎; Tickham‎; Ticknock‎; Tickenhall Drive‎; Tickenhill Manor‎; Tickenhurst‎.

Usage Notes

  • Nowadays only found in place names. Fell out of common usage in the 13th century.

Swedish

Noun

tick n

  1. tick (quiet but sharp sound)

Declension

Etymology

From Old English ticia ‎(“parasitic animal”), from West Germanic, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk
  • Homophone: tic

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