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verb(tick)to make the sound of a tick or a series of ticks
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verb(tick)to operate as a functioning mechanism : run
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verb(tick)to mark with a written tick : check —usually used with off
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noun(tick)a light rhythmic audible tap or beat; also : a series of such ticks
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noun(tick)the time taken by the tick of a clock : moment
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noun(tick)a small spot or mark; especially : one used to direct attention to something, to check an item on a list, or to represent a point on a scale
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noun(tick)any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases
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noun(tick)any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteran flies
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noun(tick)the fabric case of a mattress, pillow, or bolster; also : a mattress consisting of a tick and its filling
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noun(tick)ticking:1
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noun(tick)credit, trust; also : a credit account
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(tick)bur marigold; also : its prickly achenes
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(tick)beggar's-lice
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noun(tick)a common North American ixodid tick (Dermacentor variabilis) especially of dogs and humans that is an important vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia —called also dog tick
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noun(tick)a widely distributed reddish-brown tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) that occurs chiefly on dogs and transmits several diseases (such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and canine babesiosis and ehrlichiosis)
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noun(tick)either of two ixodid ticks (Boophilus annulatus and B. microplus) that infest cattle and transmit the protozoan which causes Texas fever
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noun(tick)an ixodid tick (Ixodes scapularis synonym I. dammini) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that transmits the bacterium causing Lyme disease —called also black-legged tick