Tick synonyms
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clock tick
A light beat
Any of a group of U.S. writers in the 1950s and 1960s whose work grew out of and expressed beat attitudes
tick-tock
A light beat
(Linguistics) Any of various implosive stops, such as that of English tsk, produced by raising the back of the tongue to make contact with the palate and simultaneously closing the lips or touching the teeth or alveolar ridge with the tip and sides of the tongue, and found as phonemic consonants especially in the Khoisan and some Bantu languages.
(Medicine) The removal of fluid from a body cavity:
slight blow
A light beat
metallic sound
A light beat
(Biology) An organism that lives and feeds on or in an organism of a different species and causes harm to its host.
A person who extorts or otherwise takes as much as possible from another
acarida
An insect
Any of various other small insects, arachnids, and crustaceans that are not parasitic, as the book louse or wood louse
A very small object, creature, or particle.
feather tick
A mattress
straw-tick
Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag.
cornhusk tick
A mattress
A cloth case stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
A pillow or soft pad for sitting or kneeling upon, or reclining against; specif., a removable one forming part of a sofa, chair, etc.
insect (related)
pest (related)
bed (related)
mattress (related)
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.
A partial split or break; a fissure.
A split second; an instant:
A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds.
A brief period of time that is characterized by a quality, such as excellence, suitability, or distinction:
A unit of angular measurement, such as longitude or right ascension, equal to1 /60 of a minute of arc.
A very short period of time; an instant:
A quick, intermittent flash of light; sparkle
The action of a thing that twinkles
The time occupied by this; an instant
A jiffy.
(Computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values.
big (related)
time (related)
check-mark
A mark placed next to an item to show that it has been noted, verified, or approved.
A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque.
ticking
A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.
To separate by or as with a boundary line.
put a check mark on or near or next to
retick
sew
To make this sound
make a sound like a clock or a timer
ticktick
light rap
A light beat
A particular moment
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