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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retick |
| Type of | run up, sew together, stitch, sew |
| Derivation | ticking |
tick a mattress.
tick::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | check, check mark |
| Type of | mark |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mattress |
Examples of tick
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Routine exams, flea and tick control, and deworming all help, say veterinarians.
From the sacbee.com
Supermarkets managed to tick up despite a cautious note from JP Morgan Cazenove.
From the telegraph.co.uk
All have also saw their severe delinquency rates tick down in the first quarter.
From the theatlantic.com
As the casualty numbers tick upward, Joe Biden's feelings will have been spared.
From the theatlantic.com
So it's clearly a big tick to start Ringmeister's genetic distance ball rolling.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
It is caused in nature by tick and fly bites, or from handling infected animals.
From the washingtontimes.com
It goes a long way toward explaining what makes him tick, and keeps him running.
From the thenewstribune.com
Rather than trying to break his will, Jem figures out what makes the horse tick.
From the courier-journal.com
Use a flea comb at least once a day on your dog, twice a day during tick season.
From the stltoday.com
- A metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
- Click: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
- Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- Sew; "tick a mattress"
- Check mark: 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"
- Check: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"
- Tick is the common name for the small arachnids in superfamily Ixodoidea that, along with other mites, constitute the Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites), living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. ...
- A tick (known as a check mark or check in American English) is a mark (etc.) used to indicate the concept "yes", for example "yes; this has been verified" or, "yes; that is the correct answer". ...
- The Tick is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston area comic stores. He is an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. ...
