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A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.
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A light mattress without inner springs.
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A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.
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Any of numerous small bloodsucking parasitic arachnids of the family Ixodidae, many of which transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
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phrasal-verb
Tick off Informal To make angry or annoyed: Constant delays ticked me off.
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verb-transitive
To count or record with or as if with the sound of ticks: a clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.
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To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name as the roll was called.
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verb-intransitive
To emit recurring clicking sounds: as the clock ticked.
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To function characteristically or well: machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.
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verb
To touch with a momentary glancing blow .
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To mark with a written tick .
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To mark, count, or announce by or as if by beats .
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To operate as a functioning mechanism .
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To make the sound of a tick or a series of .
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