tick
🇺🇸
/tɪk/
🇬🇧
/tɪk/
verb
R
to make short, regular sounds like a clock
The clock makes a tick sound every second.
R
to mark with a check (✓)
Please tick the box if you agree.
noun
R
a check mark (✓)
Put a tick next to each completed task.
R
a small bug that bites and drinks blood
Be careful of the tick in the grass.
R
the sound a clock makes
The loud tick of the clock kept me awake.
R
a very short time
Wait a tick, I need to grab my keys.
translation
to make short, regular sounds like a clock; to mark with a check (✓)
a check mark (✓); a small bug that bites and drinks blood; the sound a clock makes; a very short time
Word Forms
3rd Present
ticks
Past
ticked
Perfect
ticked
Progressive
ticking
Plural
ticks