transcription, транскрипция: [ tɪk ]
( ticks, ticking, ticked)
1.
A tick is a written mark like a V: ✓. It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use check )
Place a tick in the appropriate box.
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2.
If you tick something that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use check )
Please tick this box if you do not wish to receive such mailings...
VERB : V n
3.
When a clock or watch ticks , it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works.
A wind-up clock ticked busily from the kitchen counter.
VERB : V
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Tick away means the same as tick .
A grandfather clock ticked away in a corner.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
• tick‧ing
...the endless ticking of clocks.
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4.
The tick of a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds.
He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.
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5.
You can use tick to refer to a very short period of time. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
I’ll be back in a tick...
= sec
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6.
If you talk about what makes someone tick , you are talking about the beliefs, wishes, and feelings that make them behave in the way that they do. ( INFORMAL )
He wanted to find out what made them tick...
VERB : V
7.
A tick is a small creature which lives on the bodies of people or animals and uses their blood as food.
...chemicals that destroy ticks and mites...
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