Tick

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1. Noun

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

2. Verb

To go on trust, or credit.

3. Verb

To give tick; to trust.

4. Noun

Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.

5. Noun

Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).

6. Noun

The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.

7. Noun

Ticking. See Ticking, n.

8. Verb

To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

9. Verb

To strike gently; to pat.

10. Noun

A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.

11. Noun

Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.

12. Noun

The whinchat; -- so called from its note.

13. Verb

To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

14. Noun

any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
Vocabulary classified under Biology

15. Noun

a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the roll he put a check mark by each student's name"
Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar
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