tick

Meaning

Noun

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

Verb

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
2. (transitive) 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

Translations

tique

garrapata

zecca

Zecke

cocher

teek

coche

carrapato

ticken

Häkchen

τσιμπούρι

tictac

abhaken

acaro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tyke

Inherited from Old English: ticia

Cognate with Dutch: teek

Cognate with German: Zecke

Inherited from Middle English: tek

Inherited from Middle English: tike

In summary

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