tick | (noun) any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals | - |
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(noun) a light mattress | - |
(noun) a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. | Synonyms: check, check mark |
(noun) a metallic tapping sound | Synonyms: ticking |
ticker | (noun) a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape | Synonyms: stock ticker |
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(noun) a small portable timepiece | Synonyms: watch |
(noun) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | Synonyms: heart, pump |
ticket | (noun) the appropriate or desirable thing | Synonyms: just the ticket |
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(noun) a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) | - |
(noun) a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) | - |
(noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices | Synonyms: slate |
(noun) a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. | Synonyms: tag |
ticking | (noun) a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers | - |
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(noun) a metallic tapping sound | Synonyms: tick |
tickle | (noun) the act of tickling | Synonyms: tickling, titillation |
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(noun) a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking | - |
tickler | (noun) a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done | Synonyms: tickler file |
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tickling | (noun) the act of tickling | Synonyms: tickle, titillation |
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tickseed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America | Synonyms: coreopsis, tick-weed, tickweed |
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ticktack | (noun) system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks | - |
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ticktacktoe | (noun) a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does | Synonyms: noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe |
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ticktacktoo | (noun) a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does | Synonyms: noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, tit-tat-toe |
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ticktock | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: tictac, tocktact |
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tickweed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America | Synonyms: coreopsis, tick-weed, tickseed |
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