Tick (Noun)
Meaning 1
A metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The sound of the grandfather clock's tick echoed through the empty hallway.
- She sat quietly, listening to the tick of the metronome as she practiced her piano piece.
- The tick of the engine was the only sound that broke the silence of the abandoned garage.
- As he lay in bed, he could hear the tick of the old clock on the wall, marking the passing seconds.
- The tick of the gears was synchronized with the beat of the music, creating a mesmerizing rhythm.
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Meaning 3
A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.