TICK
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Example

I found a tick on my dog after hiking yesterday.

Definition

A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to skin.

  • Found in grass and woodland; some species transmit disease.

A small mark (✓) indicating selection, correctness, or completion.

  • Common in lists, forms, and voting.

A short, light clicking sound, especially from a clock.

  • One counted movement of a clock’s mechanism.

To make a regular clicking sound, as a clock does.

To mark with a tick/check; to check off an item.

To function or operate, especially mechanically.

  • Figurative: to have motivating inner workings.

A very short moment; an instant.

  • Chiefly informal, often in the phrase in a tick.