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tick

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noun (1)

ˈtik How to pronounce tick (audio)
1
a
: a light rhythmic audible tap or beat
also : a series of such ticks
b
: the time taken by the tick of a clock : moment
2
: a small spot or mark
especially : one used to direct attention to something, to check an item on a list, or to represent a point on a scale
3
a
finance : the minimum amount by which the price of a security can move upward or downward
The minimum price fluctuation is called a "tick." Gerald Warfield
also : a stock market transaction at a price above or below the last previous transaction in the same security or the change in price that such a transaction represents
an upward/downward tick
The telegraph, and then the stock ticker, provided a number of advantages … . The ticker was named for its characteristic sound when printing; to this day, any movement of a stock's price is called a "tick." Joe Janes
Note that I assume none of you plan to spend your golden years watching the market tick by tick and jumping in and out of stocks. Barry Ritholtz
b
: a small amount
… Wednesday's fifth episode drew 12.3 same-day million viewers, up a tick from the previous week's 12.2 million. Gary Levin
see also downtick, uptick

tick

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verb

ticked; ticking; ticks

intransitive verb

1
: to make the sound of a tick or a series of ticks
2
: to operate as a functioning mechanism : run
tried to understand what made him tick
the motor was ticking over quietly

transitive verb

1
: to mark with a written tick : check
—usually used with off
ticked off each item in the list
2
: to mark, count, or announce by or as if by ticking beats
a meter ticking off the cab fare
3
: to touch with a momentary glancing blow
ticked the ball

tick

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noun (2)

1
: any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases
2
: any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteran flies compare sheep ked

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tick

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noun (3)

1
: the fabric case of a mattress, pillow, or bolster
also : a mattress consisting of a tick and its filling
2
: ticking entry 1

tick

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noun (4)

chiefly British
: credit, trust
also : a credit account

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