EGAVE

ticky

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
    The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.
  2. noun a tick (particularly, a check mark).
    Can I get another ticky?
  3. interjection Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
    Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.

Similar words

tack tickproof tingid mosquitoed earwiggy mosquitoey acridian tipulid acaridian midgey

Often followed by

tacky tavy and was cattle

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