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tick

English

  1. 🔊 any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis
  2. 🔊 a light mattress
  3. 🔊 a metallic tapping sound
    “he counted the ticks of the clock”
  4. 🔊 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”
  5. 🔊 sew
    “tick a mattress”
  6. 🔊 make a sound like a clock or a timer
    “the clocks were ticking”
  7. 🔊 make a clicking or ticking sound
    “The clock ticked away”
  8. 🔊 put a check mark on or near or next to
    “Please check each name on the list”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 periquete tick, jiffy

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