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Definition of Ticks

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Tick Tick, n. 1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock. 2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. --Dickens. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] Death tick. (Zo["o]l.) See Deathwatch.
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Tick Tick, v. t. To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off. --Dickens.
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Tick Tick, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.] Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
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Tick Tick, v. i. 1. To go on trust, or credit. 2. To give tick; to trust.
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Tick Tick, n. [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf. Tike a tick.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) 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). Tick bean, a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals. Tick trefoil (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus Desmodium, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep.
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Tick Tick, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put. See Thesis.] 1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling. 2. Ticking. See Ticking, n.
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Tick Tick, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer.

Meaning of Ticks from wikipedia

- Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida. They are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length...
- known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. The most...
- Tick, Tick... Boom! (styled as tick, tick... BOOM!) is a musical by Jonathan Larson. It tells the story of an aspiring composer named Jon, who lives in...
- underbrush, where white-tailed deer (the primary host of mature ticks) reside. Lone star ticks can also be found in ecotonal areas (transition zones between...
- Tick, Tick, Tick, stylized as ...tick...tick...tick..., is a 1970 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
- festoons. Ixodes ticks have an anal groove that resembles a horseshoe on their underside anterior to the anal pore. The palps of male deer ticks, part of the...
- series Ticks (film), a 1993 direct-to-video horror film "Ticks" (song), a 2007 single by Brad Paisley "Ticking", a song by Elton John from Caribou "Tick",...
- up tick tock, ticktock, tick-tock, or TikTok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tick tock, tic toc, Tik Tok and other variants may refer to: Tick-Tock...
- infection, the feeding tick must also be infected. Not all ticks are infected. In most places in the US, 30-50% of deer ticks will be infected with Borrelia...
- Ticks, also known as Infested, is a 1993 direct-to-video horror film directed by Tony Randel and starring Peter Scolari, Seth Green, Rosalind Allen, Ami...