tick

About 2.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
2. noun 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.

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

   At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

4. noun A short period of time, particularly a second.

   I'll be back in a tick.

5. noun A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
6. noun A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
7. noun Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
8. noun 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

Similar words

click ticktock beat ticktack retick ixodid acarid spinose gene genetic

Often followed by

of marks fever and the off is in bite

Word family

ticked ticking ticks