| 单词 | on or to the tick |
| 释义 | > as lemmason or to the tick 4. transferred (from sense 2a). The time between two ticks of the clock; a moment, second, instant. colloquial. on or to the tick, exactly at the appointed time, punctually; cf. on the dot at dot n.1 and prep. Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [adverb] punctually1652 critically1655 sharp1840 on time1854 prompt1869 on the dot1875 dot1894 prepunctually1894 on or to the tick1902 1879 R. Browning Ned Bratts in Idyls I. 193 Waste no tick of moment more. 1902 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 10 He had his breakfast at 8.45 a.m. to the tick. He might have been a Long Island commuter. 1904 J. K. Jerome Tommy & Co. 236 It's all right. Can explain in two ticks. 1907 P. Dare From School to Stage v At eight o'clock to the tick, the day's regular lesson's began. 1909 E. W. Hornung Mr. Justice Raffles i. 6 I should have been spotted in a tick by a spy. 1913 A. Bennett Regent ix. 262 If you don't clear out on the tick I'll chuck this cup and saucer down into the stalls. 1927 Daily Express 6 July 3/5 I am always here on the tick myself, and I do not see why jurors should not do the same. 1963 T. Parker Unknown Citizen i. 38 Won't be a tick, don't go away. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek i. 18 Just wait till I get these grotty old school things off, Mary. I won't be a tick. 1973 P. White Eye of Storm ii. 83 Shan't be a couple of ticks, love. 1983 E. Reveley In Good Faith vi. 104 Just wait a tick while I tell George where we'll be, and then we can go down together. < as lemmas |
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