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English

Image:Tick_2_%28aka%29.jpg|thumb|a tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA /tɪk/
SAMPA:/tIk/
audio|en-us-tick.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪk|-ɪk

Homophones
tic

Noun
en-noun

1. context|fauna A tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.
2. UK a mark (unicode|�) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark

#:Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box

1. sheet that wraps around a mattress.
2. 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.

1. trading The minimum increment in which prices are quoted for a given instrument.

#: At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

1. colloquial A short period of time, particularly a second.

#: I'll be back in a tick.

1. context|UK|colloquial short for 'ticket'. Credit, trust.

#: I bought my groceries at the corner shop on tick.

Translations
trans-top|arthropod
Albanian: rriqër m, këpushë f
Czech: klíšť m
Dutch: teek f/m
Esperanto: iksodo
French: tique f
German: Zecke f
Guwal: bayi daynyjar
Hungarian: kullancs
Italian: zecca f
Japanese: �� (dani)
Jalnguy: bayi dimaniny
Latin: ricinus m
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Latvian: �rce m
Lithuanian: erk� m
Pitjantjatjara: uta
Polish: kleszcz m
Romanian: c�pu�� f
Russian: кле� (kl'eš�) m
Slovak: kliešť m
Slovenian: kloš� m
Spanish: garrapata f
Swedish: fästing c
Warlpiri: lutu
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trans-top|checkmark
Dutch: vink f/m, vinkje n
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trans-top|sheet around a mattress
Dutch: tijk n (fabric) or m (object)
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trans-top|quiet but sharp sound
Dutch: getik n
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trans-top|minimum increment
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trans-top|short period of time
Dutch: tel m
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Breton: tarlask, singular tarlaskenn f
ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec: bataana
ttbc|Mongolian: �а�иг (1, khachig)

Verb
en-verb

1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
2. To make a tick mark.

Translations
trans-top|make a clicking noise
Breton: ober tik-tak
Dutch: tikken
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Romanian: a tic�i
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trans-top|make a tick mark
Dutch: afvinken, aanvinken, aankruisen
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French: cocher
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Related terms
ticker
tick-tack
tick-tock
ticking
tick off

Swedish

Noun
infl|sv|noun|g=n
sv-noun-irreg-n

1. tick#English|tick (quiet but sharp sound).

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• 2007-11-11 22:29 - Mike - /* Swedish */

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