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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