Definitions for: Tick


[n] any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
[n] a light mattress
[n] a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
[v] sew, as of mattresses; "tick a mattress"
[v] make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
[v] make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"



Webster (1913) Definition: Tick, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.]
Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.


Tick, v. i.
1. To go on trust, or credit.

2. To give tick; to trust.


Tick, n. [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf.
Tike a tick.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. ?, fr. ? 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, n.


Tick, v. 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, n.
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. (Zo["o]l.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
[Prov. Eng.]

Death tick. (Zo["o]l.) See Deathwatch.


Tick, v. 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.

Synonyms: beat, click, retick, ticking, ticktack, ticktock

See Also: Acarina, acarine, argasid, go, hard tick, ixodid, mattress, order Acarina, run up, sew, sew together, soft tick, sound, sound, stitch, ticktock, tictac, tocktact

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