Unscramble tick

Definition of tick

noun:

• a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock". Synonyms: ticking.
• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals.
• 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". Synonyms: check, check mark.
• a light mattress.

verb:

• make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away". Synonyms: click.
• make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking", "the grandfather clock beat midnight". Synonyms: beat, ticktack, ticktock.
• sew; "tick a mattress". Synonyms: retick.
• 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". Synonyms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off.

Related words

argasid, ixodid, receipt, ticktock, tictac, tocktact.

Words nearby

dick, hick, kick, lick, mick, nick, pick, rick, sick, stick, tack, thick, tic, tink, trick, tuck, wick.

Rhymes with

brick, chick, click, crick, dick, flick, frick, hick, kick, klick, lick, mick, nick, nonstick, pic, pick, prick, quick, realpolitik, rick.