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单词 tick
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ticknoun

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tick noun (MARK)

A2 [ C ] UK US usually check a mark (✓) that shows that something is correct or has been done:

Put a tick by/against the names of the people who have accepted the invitation.

More examples

  • Put a tick opposite the answer that you think is correct.
  • All his answers had ticks next to them.

tick noun (SHORT TIME)

[ C ] UK informal a very short time:

Hold on/Hang on a tick - I'm not quite ready.
I'll be with you in a tick/in two ticks.

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Short in time

  • awhile
  • be short notice idiom
  • bit
  • blitz
  • brevity
  • brief
  • ephemeral
  • evanescent
  • fit
  • minute 1
  • mo
  • moment
  • momentarily
  • momentary
  • msec
  • quick
  • shortish
  • trice
  • twinkling
  • wee hours

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tick noun (SOUND)

[ C usually singular ] the sound clocks and watches make every second

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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

  • clash
  • crackling
  • ding
  • ding-a-ling
  • ding-dong
  • fizz
  • hoot
  • knock
  • pip
  • rasp
  • ringer
  • rumbling
  • sing
  • slam
  • swish
  • thud
  • ting
  • twang
  • whine
  • whistle

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Watches & clocks

tick noun (PAYING LATER)

on tick UK old-fashioned informal

If you buy something on tick, you pay for it later.

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Borrowing & lending

  • be in the hole idiom
  • borrow
  • bounce
  • call it quits idiom
  • call sth in
  • credit
  • credit risk
  • debenture
  • fire sale
  • gearing
  • leverage
  • leveraged buyout
  • liability
  • liquidate
  • national debt
  • overpay
  • pay
  • put sth up
  • slate
  • term

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tick noun (ANIMAL)

[ C ] a very small creature like a spider that lives on and sucks the blood of other animals

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Arachnids

  • arachnid
  • black widow
  • funnel-web
  • scorpion
  • spider
  • tarantula

tickverb

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tick verb (SOUND)

C2 [ I ] When a clock or watch ticks, it makes a sound every second:

The ticking of the clock kept her awake.

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Watches & clocks

  • 24-hour clock
  • against the clock idiom
  • alarm clock
  • at/on the stroke of sth idiom
  • bezel
  • clock
  • crystal
  • hour hand
  • hourglass
  • lose
  • minute hand
  • movement
  • pendulum
  • radio alarm clock
  • strike
  • twenty-four-hour clock
  • watchband
  • watchstrap
  • winder
  • wristwatch

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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

tick verb (MARK)

A1 [ T ] UK US usually check to mark something with a tick:

Tick (off) each item on the list as you complete it.

Idiom(s)

what makes sb tick

Phrasal verb(s)

tick along
tick away/by
tick sb off
tick sth off
tick over
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