what does tick mean?
TICK as NOUN
- Meaning
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis
- feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
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- as he called the role he put a check mark by each student’’s name
Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- he counted the ticks of the clock
Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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TICK as VERB
- Meaning
- put a check mark on or next to
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- Please check each name on the list
- tick off the items
Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
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- the clocks were ticking
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- make a clicking or ticking sound
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Hypernyms(s) tick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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