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Meanings of tick in English

Wikidata

A metallic tapping sound.

Portuguese
sinal de visto

A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

sinal de visto
Spanish
comprobar

Put a check mark on or near or next to.

comprobar
Catalan
bategar

Make a sound like a clock or a timer.

bategar
Usage of tick in English
1
To 'tick-box' the minorities is not to create a true diverse workplace.
The Irish Times
2
Indeed, some economists expect inflation to tick lower in the coming months.
Reuters
3
Bureaucrats can tick off a long list of reasons for banning rickshaws.
Wired
4
That's what's started to happen with another new tick-borne virus in Missouri.
Wired
5
Therefore, studies on the epidemiology of tick-borne hemoparasites in buffaloes are required.
Pubmed
6
Seattle is reducing speeds because it has seen traffic deaths tick up.
Wired
7
But as the minutes continued to tick past, he began to wonder.
Four dukes and a devil
8
Somewhere off to her right, water dripped in a steady metronome-tick rhythm.
Ghost in the Shell
9
That is the last thing I need to tick off the list.
News.com.au
10
As the seconds tick by we hear running water from the bathroom.
The Irish Times
11
A million years, and that's only the first tick of the clock.
The new yorker
12
It was time to see who else she could tick off today.
Mad enough to marry
13
We tick the box unthinkingly because we want the service or product.
BBC
14
Many are not aware because the tick-related allergy was only recently discovered.
Reuters
15
She heard the tick of a clock and the trickle of water.
Shadowlight
16
In August 2013, I visited Smith to tick my first outdoor leads.
Climbing Magazine
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Tick through the time
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Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
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