tick

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.

The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.

A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).

(colloquial)A short period of time, particularly a second.

I'll be back in a tick.

Đồng nghĩa: jiffy, sec, tic, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jiffy, jot, minute, mo, moment, New York minute, New York second, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while

(video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.

(gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.

(Commonwealth)(chiefly Commonwealth) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness, or acknowledgement.

Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box

Đồng nghĩa: checkmark

(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.

(ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).

A tap or light touch.

A slight speck.

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.

To make a tick or checkmark.

(informal, intransitive)To work or operate, especially mechanically.

He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.

I wonder what makes her tick.

To strike gently; to pat.

(transitive)(birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

(intransitive)To go on trust, or credit.

(transitive)To give tick; to trust.