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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.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To count or record 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 on the list.
tick off Informal
To make angry or annoyed: Constant delays ticked me off.
[Middle English tik, light tap.]
tick 2
(tĭk)n.
1. Any of various small bloodsucking arachnids of the order Ixodida that are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates. Many species transmit diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
2. Any of various usually wingless insects that resemble a tick, such as a sheep ked.
[Middle English tike, tik, perhaps from Old English *ticca.]
tick 3
(tĭk)n.
1.
a. A cloth case for a mattress or pillow.
b. 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.]
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tick off
vb (tr, adverb)
1. to mark with a tick
2. informal chiefly Brit to scold; reprimand
ticking off, ticking-off n
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| Verb | 1. |  tick off - 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"check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" receipt - mark or stamp as paid insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, check, assure, control, see - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
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tick
nounphrasal verb
tick off
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Translations
يَضِعُ عَلَامَةيُغْضِب، يُغيظ
odškrtnout
sætte hak ved
ruksata
označiti kvačicom
bántja a csõrétpipál
チェックする
체크하다
bocka av
ทำเครื่องหมายขีด
đánh dấu
w>tick off
vt sep (Brit)
name etc → abhaken
(inf: = scold) → ausschimpfen (inf), → anpfeifen (inf); he got ticked off for doing it → er wurde angepfiffen (inf) → or er bekam einen Rüffel or Anpfiff (inf), → weil er das getan hat
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
tick2
(tik) noun a mark ( ) used to show that something is correct, has been noted etc.
verb (often with off) to put this mark beside an item or name on a list etc. She ticked everything off on the list.
tick (someone) off, give (someone) a ticking off to scold someone. The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
tick (someone) off (American) (slang) to make someone angry. He really ticked me off; It ticks me off when you speak like that.
tick over to run quietly and smoothly at a gentle pace. The car's engine is ticking over.
ticked off adjective (American) (slang) angry.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tick off
→ يَضِعُ عَلَامَة odškrtnout sætte hak ved abhaken σημαδεύω marcar ruksata cocher označiti kvačicom spuntare チェックする 체크하다 afvinken krysse av odhaczyć w tekście assinalar отмечать галочкой bocka av ทำเครื่องหมายขีด imlemek đánh dấu 用记号勾出Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009