tick

Senso (English)

Noun

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

Verb

1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
2. To make a tick or checkmark.
3. (informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
4. To strike gently; to pat.
5. To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

Verb

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

Synonyms

click

mite

check

mark

ticking

ticktock

checkmark

check mark

retick

crack

insect

ticktack

flea

beat

score

check off

tick off

clank

mark off

draw a line

acarus

note

chick

knock

record

snap

memo

📝

memorandum

parasite

pencil

📝

pillow

pock

quirk

rattle

tag

tap

throb

ticket

🎫

tinkle

wood tick

acarine

tick-tock

credit transaction

short sound

tictac

tick-tack

clock-tick

feather tick

ixodid

soft tick

tocktact

anchusa

harvest-bug

bedbug

birdie

blaze

bloodsucker

bug

🐛

chigger

chink

chug

clack

clang

clatter

credit

crisscross

cushion

dickey

dicky

din

item

jigger

jot down

label

🏷️

line

little bird

louse

marker

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɪk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: tyke

Inherited from inglese antico: ticia

Cognate with olandese: teek

Cognate with tedesco: Zecke

Inherited from inglese medio: tek

Inherited from inglese medio: tike

In summary

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From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.