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beat
The reporting of a news item obtained ahead of one's competitors.
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tick-tock
A light beat
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click
An instance of clicking
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louse
The definition of a louse is a tiny, wingless, sucking parasite.
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feather tick
A mattress
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jiff
A jiffy.
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clock tick
A light beat
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tap
(Mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
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slight blow
A light beat
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metallic sound
A light beat
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parasite
(Literary, poetic) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. [from 19th c.]
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bloodsucker
One who drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
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arachnid
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida
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acarida
An insect
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mite
A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
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straw-tick
Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag.
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cornhusk tick
A mattress
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pillow
A decorative cushion.
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cushion
A pillow or soft pad for sitting or kneeling upon, or reclining against; specif., a removable one forming part of a sofa, chair, etc.
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insect (related)
(Colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
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pest (related)
A person or thing that causes trouble, annoyance, discomfort, etc.; nuisance; specif., any destructive or troublesome insect, small animal, weed, etc.
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bed (related)
The definition of a bed is a piece of furniture on which to lie or sleep.
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mattress (related)
A usually rectangular pad of heavy cloth filled with soft material or an arrangement of coiled springs, used as or on a bed.
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acarid
An arachnid of the order Acarina, which includes the mites and ticks. Acarids are small to minute, have no division between the cephalothorax and abdomen, and are often parasitic.
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crack
A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.
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flash
A split second; an instant:
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minute
A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds.
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moment
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
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second
The SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest; one-sixtieth of a minute.
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trice
A very short period of time; an instant:
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twinkle
A quick, intermittent flash of light; sparkle
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twinkling
The act of blinking.
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wink
An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
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jiffy
(Physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)
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big (related)
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
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time (related)
(Uncountable, with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
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check-mark
A mark placed next to an item to show that it has been noted, verified, or approved.
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ticking
A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.
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check
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
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check-off
(Idiomatic) to remove something from a list, by crossing it or otherwise
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mark-off
To separate by or as with a boundary line.
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tick off
(UK) To reprimand.
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retick
sew
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ticktock
To make this sound
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ticktack
make a sound like a clock or a timer
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ticktick
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untick (related)
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un-tick (related)
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unticking (related)
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un-check (related)
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uncheck (related)
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unticked (related)
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unchecking (related)
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button (related)
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light rap
A light beat
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instant
A particular moment
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mark
To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
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  • The tick in his jaw belied how tightly his teeth were clamped.

  • Who knew what would tick him off?

  • He had a personality that would tick off Mother Theresa.

  • In the United States alone the annual pecuniary loss in cattle stock occasioned by the ravages of this tick disease was computed in 1907 at one hundred million dollars.

  • The size of the river made Lana tick off one of her alternatives.

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