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A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
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A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
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A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
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(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
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(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
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(video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
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(gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
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(Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
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(birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
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(ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
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A tap or light touch.
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A slight speck.
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To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
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To make a tick or checkmark.
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(informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
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To strike gently; to pat.
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(birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
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(uncountable) Ticking.
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A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
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(UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
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(intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
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(transitive) To give tick; to trust.
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(obsolete, place names) A goat.