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tick

1  [tik]
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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. Manège. a jumping fault consisting of a light touch of a fence with one or more feet.
6. a 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)
9. to sound or announce by a tick or ticks: The clock ticked the minutes.
10. to mark with a tick or ticks; check (usually fol. by off); to tick off the items on the memo.
—Verb phrase
11. tick 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.
—Idiom
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 ME tek little touch; akin to D tik a touch, pat, Norw tikka to touch or shove slightly. See tickle
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tick

2  [tik] ,
–noun
1. any of numerous bloodsucking arachnids of the order Acarina, including the families Ixodidae and Argasidae, somewhat larger than the related mites and having a barbed proboscis for attachment to the skin of warm-blooded vertebrates: some ticks are vectors of disease.
2. sheeptick.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME teke, tyke, OE ticia (perh. sp. error for tiica (i.e. tīca) or ticca); akin to LG tieke, G Zecke

tick

3  [tik] ,
–noun
1. the cloth case of a mattress, pillow, etc., containing hair, feathers, or the like.
2. ticking.
Also called bedtick.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME tikke, teke, tyke (c. D tijk, G Zieche) ≪ L tēca, thēca < Gk thkē case

tick

4  [tik] ,
–noun Chiefly British Informal.
1. a score or account.
—Idiom
2. on tick, on credit or trust: We bought our telly on tick.
Origin:
1635–45; short for ticket
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tick 1   (tĭk)   
n.  

  1. A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.

  2. Chiefly British A moment.

  3. A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.

  4. Informal A unit on a scale; a degree: when interest rates move up a tick.

v.   ticked, tick·ing, ticks

v.   intr.

  1. To emit recurring clicking sounds: as the clock ticked.

  2. To function characteristically or well: machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.

v.   tr.

  1. To count or record with or as if with the sound of ticks: a clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.

  2. To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name as the roll was called.

Phrasal Verb(s):
tick off Informal To make angry or annoyed: Constant delays ticked me off.

[Middle English tek, light tap.]
tick 2   (tĭk)   
n.  

  1. Any of numerous small bloodsucking parasitic arachnids of the family Ixodidae, many of which transmit febrile diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.

  2. Any of various usually wingless, louselike insects of the family Hippobosciddae that are parasitic on sheep, goats, and other animals.


[Middle English teke, tik, perhaps from Old English *ticca.]
tick 3   (tĭk)   
n.  

    1. A cloth case for a mattress or pillow.

    2. A light mattress without inner springs.

  2. Ticking.


[Middle English tikke, probably from Middle Dutch tīke, ultimately from Latin thēca, receptacle, from Greek thēkē; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
tick 4   (tĭk)   
n.   Chiefly British
Credit or an amount of credit.

[Short for ticket.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
tick

  1. n.
    a minute; a second. (See also sec.) : This won't take a tick. Sit tight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tick  (1)
"parasitic animal," O.E. ticia, from W.Gmc. *tik- (cf. M.Du. teke, Du. teek, O.H.G. zecho, Ger. Zecke "tick"), of unknown origin. Fr. tique (1464), It. zecca are Gmc. loan-words.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

TICK

A short-term technical indicator that describes the difference between the number of stocks whose last sale occurred on an uptick and the number of stocks whose last sale occurred on a downtick. A high positive TICK is generally considered a short-term signal of a strong market. Contrarians consider a high positive TICK to have bearish implications.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tick
Pronunciation: 'tik
Function: noun
1 : any of numerous bloodsucking arachnids that constitute the acarine superfamily Ixodoidea, aremuch larger than the closely related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, include important vectors of various infectious diseases of humans and lower animals, and although theimmature larva has but six legs, may be readily distinguished from an insect by the complete lack of external segmentation
2 : any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteranflies (as the sheep ked)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

tick 2 (tĭk)
n.

  1. 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.

  2. Any of various usually wingless, louselike insects of the family Hippobosciddae that are parasitic on sheep, goats, and other animals.

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