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1.
a strong cotton fabric, usually twilled, used especially in making cloth ticks.
2.
a similar cloth in satin weave or Jacquard, used especially for mattress covers.
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Ticking
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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noun
1.
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
2.
Chiefly British Informal. a moment or instant.
3.
a small dot, mark, check, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something.
4.
Stock Exchange.
a.
a movement in the price of a stock, bond, or option.
b.
the smallest possible tick on a given exchange.
5.
EXPANDManège. a jumping fault consisting of a light touch of a fence with one or more feet.
6.
COLLAPSEa small contrasting spot of color on the coat of a mammal or the feathers of a bird.
verb (used without object)
7.
to emit or produce a tick, like that of a clock.
8.
to pass as with ticks of a clock: The hours ticked by.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase9.
to sound or announce by a tick or ticks: The clock ticked the minutes.
10.
to mark with a tick or ticks; check (usually followed by off); to tick off the items on the memo.
11.
Idiomtick off, Slang.
a.
to make angry: His mistreatment of the animals really ticked me off.
b.
Chiefly British. to scold severely: The manager will tick you off if you make another mistake.
12.
what makes one tick, the motive or explanation of one's behavior: The biographer failed to show what made Herbert Hoover tick.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English tek little touch; akin to Dutch tik a touch, pat, Norwegian tikka to touch or shove slightly. See tickle
1400–50; late Middle English tek little touch; akin to Dutch tik a touch, pat, Norwegian tikka to touch or shove slightly. See tickle
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Medical Dictionary
tick 2 (tĭk)
n.
Any of numerous small bloodsucking parasitic arachnids of the families Ixodidae and Argasidae, many of which transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
Any of various usually wingless, louselike insects of the family Hippobosciddae that are parasitic on sheep, goats, and other animals.
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Science Dictionary
tick  (tĭk) Pronunciation Key
Any of numerous small, parasitic arachnids of the suborder Ixodida that feed on the blood of animals. Like their close relatives the mites and unlike spiders, ticks have no division between cephalothorax and abdomen. Ticks differ from mites by being generally larger and having a sensory pit at the end of their first pair of legs. Many ticks transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease. |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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