tick
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder IxodidaA tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
» The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.
Nur das Ticken der Uhr war zu hören.
Meaning
16 sensesA tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
Zecke, Zeck
клещklešč
кліщklišč
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.
ти́каньеtíkanʹje
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
At midday, the long bond is up a tick.
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.
мигmig, мгнове́ниеmgnovénije
A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
(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
Häkchen
га́лочкаgáločka, пти́чкаptíčka, отме́ткаotmétka
га́лочкаháločka
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.
A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
A tap or light touch.
a light mattress
A slight speck.
Examples
113 sentencesThe only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.
deNur das Ticken der Uhr war zu hören.
Tom is a ticking time bomb.
Tom watched the hours tick by.
The clock was ticking.
ruЧасы тикали.
The clock is still ticking.
ruЧасы ещё тикают.
deDie Uhr tickt noch.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 6
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from PrFrom Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.
From Middle English *tik, tek, tyche (“light touch, tap”), from the verb (see Etymology 3 below). Compare Dutch tik (“a pat, tap”), Middle High German zic (“a slight touch”).
From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch tike and Middle Low German teke, both ultimately from Latin theca (“cover”). Compare also German Zieche (“duvet, pillowcase”).
Clipping of ticket.
From Middle English tik-, tic-, tike-, tiken- (in compounds), an unassibilated form of Middle English tiche, tichen (“young goat”), from Old English tiċċen (“young goat; kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn (“goatling”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *tigā (“goat”). Cognate with regional German Zicke (“nanny goat”), from Ziege (“goat; nanny goat”).
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