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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  tick
       
          1. A jiffy (sense 1).  2. In simulations, the discrete unit
          of time that passes between iterations of the simulation
          mechanism.  In AI applications, this amount of time is often
          left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the
          ordering of events.  This sort of AI simulation is often
          pejoratively referred to as "tick-tick-tick" simulation,
          especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long,
          independent chains of causes is handwaved.  3. In the FORTH
          language, a single quote character.
       
          [{Jargon File]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strike gently; to pat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
                                                    --Latimer.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tick \Tick\, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.]
     Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tick \Tick\, v. i.
     1. To go on trust, or credit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To give tick; to trust.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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).
            [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tick \Tick\, n.
     1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something,
        or to serve as a check. --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
        [Prov. Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Death tick. (Zo["o]l.) See Deathwatch.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tick \Tick\, v. t.
     To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my
           list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off.
                                                    --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Ticking. See Ticking, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  tick n. 1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of
     time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI
     applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the
     only constraint of interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI
     simulation is often pejoratively referred to as `tick-tick-tick'
     simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with
     long, independent chains of causes is handwaved. 3. In the FORTH
     language, a single quote character.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tick \Tick\, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.]
     Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tick \Tick\, v. i.
     1. To go on trust, or credit.
  
     2. To give tick; to trust.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tick
       n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the
            clock" [syn: ticking]
       2: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed
          proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
       3: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed
          etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each
          student's name" [syn: check mark, check]
       4: a light mattress
       v 1: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
            [syn: click]
       2: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were
          ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: ticktock,
           ticktack, beat]
       3: sew; "tick a mattress" [syn: retick]
       4: put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on
          the list"; "tick off the items" [syn: check, check off,
           mark, mark off, tick off]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το τσιμπούρι
     2 (ετ ανεπίσ en) ο μηλοφάγος
     3 (ετικ βρετ σημασία ανεπίσημο μειωτικό γλ=en) ένα ευτελής ή
  περιφρονητικός άτομο
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 το να παράγω ήχος παρόμοιο με αυτόν από την κίνηση ενός αναλογικό
  ρολόι
     2 το να βάζω νύγμα, τικ: νυγματίζω, τσεκάρω
     3 (ετικ γλ=en ανεπίσ αμτβ) το να δουλεύω κάτι ή να λειτουργώ, ειδικά
  μηχανικά
     4 το να χτυπώ κάτι ελαφρά
     5 (''στην παρατήρηση πουλιών'', (ετ μτβ en 0=-)) το να προσθέτω ένα
  πουλί σε μία λίστα πουλιών που έχουν βλέπω ή ακούω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     n.
     A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
     n.
     1 A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by
  moving machinery.
     2 A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
     3 (lb en computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer
  frequency).
     4 (lb en colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
     5 (lb en video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing
  caused by an ongoing status effect.
     6 (lb en Australian NZ British Irish) A mark (✓) made to indicate
  agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
     7 (lb en birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for
  the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of
  observed birds.
     8 (senseid en whinchat) (lb en ornithology) The whinchat.
     vb.
     1 To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an
  analog clock.
     2 To make a tick or checkmark.
     3 (lb en informal intransitive) To work or operate, especially
  mechanically.
     4 To strike gently; to pat.
     5 (lb en birdwatching transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds
  that have been seen (or heard).
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) ticking.
     2 A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress,
  containing the filling.
     n.
     (lb en UK colloquial) credit, trust.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give tick; to trust.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete place names) A goat.
     Swedish n.
     n (l en tick) (quiet but sharp sound)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Tick
     German n.
     1 m (lb de neurology) (alternative form of de Tic)
     2 m (lb de figurative) tic, quirk (gloss: something that is done
  habitually)
     3 m (lb de colloquial) trace, nuance

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     n.
     A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
     n.
     1 A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by
  moving machinery.
     2 A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
     3 (lb en computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer
  frequency).
     4 (lb en colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
     5 (lb en video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing
  caused by an ongoing status effect.
     6 (lb en Australian NZ British Irish) A mark (✓) made to indicate
  agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
     7 (lb en birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for
  the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of
  observed birds.
     8 (senseid en whinchat) (lb en ornithology) The whinchat.
     vb.
     1 To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an
  analog clock.
     2 To make a tick or checkmark.
     3 (lb en informal intransitive) To work or operate, especially
  mechanically.
     4 To strike gently; to pat.
     5 (lb en birdwatching transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds
  that have been seen (or heard).
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) ticking.
     2 A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress,
  containing the filling.
     n.
     (lb en UK colloquial) credit, trust.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give tick; to trust.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete place names) A goat.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     n.
     A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
     n.
     1 A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by
  moving machinery.
     2 A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
     3 (lb en computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer
  frequency).
     4 (lb en colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
     5 (lb en video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing
  caused by an ongoing status effect.
     6 (lb en Australian NZ British Irish) A mark (✓) made to indicate
  agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
     7 (lb en birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for
  the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of
  observed birds.
     8 (senseid en whinchat) (lb en ornithology) The whinchat.
     vb.
     1 To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an
  analog clock.
     2 To make a tick or checkmark.
     3 (lb en informal intransitive) To work or operate, especially
  mechanically.
     4 To strike gently; to pat.
     5 (lb en birdwatching transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds
  that have been seen (or heard).
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) ticking.
     2 A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress,
  containing the filling.
     n.
     (lb en UK colloquial) credit, trust.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give tick; to trust.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete place names) A goat.
     Swedish n.
     n (l en tick) (quiet but sharp sound)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Tick
     German n.
     1 m (lb de neurology) (alternative form of de Tic)
     2 m (lb de figurative) tic, quirk (gloss: something that is done
  habitually)
     3 m (lb de colloquial) trace, nuance

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     n.
     A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
     n.
     1 A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by
  moving machinery.
     2 A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
     3 (lb en computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer
  frequency).
     4 (lb en colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
     5 (lb en video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing
  caused by an ongoing status effect.
     6 (lb en Australian NZ British Irish) A mark (✓) made to indicate
  agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
     7 (lb en birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for
  the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of
  observed birds.
     8 (senseid en whinchat) (lb en ornithology) The whinchat.
     vb.
     1 To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an
  analog clock.
     2 To make a tick or checkmark.
     3 (lb en informal intransitive) To work or operate, especially
  mechanically.
     4 To strike gently; to pat.
     5 (lb en birdwatching transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds
  that have been seen (or heard).
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) ticking.
     2 A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress,
  containing the filling.
     n.
     (lb en UK colloquial) credit, trust.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give tick; to trust.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete place names) A goat.
     Swedish n.
     n (l en tick) (quiet but sharp sound)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Tick
     German n.
     1 m (lb de neurology) (alternative form of de Tic)
     2 m (lb de figurative) tic, quirk (gloss: something that is done
  habitually)
     3 m (lb de colloquial) trace, nuance

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     Englanti n.
     1 (''eläintiede'') puutiainen, punkki
     2 tikitys
     3 (''Britannia, Australia, Uusi-Seelanti'') tarkistusmerkki,
  ✓-merkki, oikein-merkki (✓)
     4 pykälä, piiru (mitta-asteikossa tms.)
     Englanti vb.
     1 tikittää
     2 (yhteys kuva k=en) toimia (mekaanisesti t. hyvin tehokkaasti)
     3 (yhteys BrE k=en) merkitä oikeaksi t. myöntävästi (tarkistetuksi ja
  hyväksytyksi) ✓ -merkillä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     interj.
     ljud från tickande klocka
     n.
     ljud från tickande klocka

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Tick
     Tyska n.
     fix idé

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  tick
     interj.
     ljud från tickande klocka
     n.
     ljud från tickande klocka

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Tick /tˈɪk/ 
  tag 
           Note: game
     Synonyms: Fangen, Nachlaufen, Kriegen, Haschen, Fangerl Fangis
  
   see: Fangen spielen

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Tick /tˈɪk/ 
   [med.] tic 
     Synonym: Tic
  
   see: Tics, Ticks, Ticstörung

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Tick /tˈɪk/ 
  tic , quirk , spleen 
     Synonyms: Marotte, Spleen
  
   see: Ticks, Marotten, Sprachtick, Sprachmarotte, sprachliche Marotte

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Tick /tɪk/ 
  tic
  Medizin: unkontrollierte Muskelkontraktion

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  tick /tˈɪk/
  bekruis

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Tick /tˈɪk/
  اللحظة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  tick //tɪk// 
  1. къ́рлеж
  arachnid
  2. отме́тка
  checkmark
  3. тиктакане
  quiet but sharp, repeated sound
  4. миг, момент
  short period of time
  5. деление
  unit of measurement
  6. дюшеклък
  sheet around a mattress

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  tick //tɪk// 
  1. тиктакам
  make a clicking noise
  2. маркирам, отмятам
  make a tick mark