nnoun.eventa metallic tapping soundSynset:ticking
Examples:- he counted the ticks of the clock
Derivationally Related Form:tick
Hypernyms:sound
Inherited Hypernyms:ticksoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ticktocktictactocktact
nnoun.animalany of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animalsDerivationally Related Form:tick
Member Holonyms:Acarina order Acarina
Hypernyms:acarine
Inherited Hypernyms:tickacarinearachnidarthropodinvertebrateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:argasidhard tickixodidsoft tick
Full Hyponyms:hard tickixodes damminiixodes dentatusixodes neotomaeixodes pacificusixodes persulcatusixodes scapularisixodes spinipalpissheep-ticksoft tickwood tick
nnoun.communicationa mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.Synset:check check mark
Examples:- as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
Derivationally Related Form:check
Hypernyms:mark
Inherited Hypernyms:check markmarkwritten symbolsymbolsignalcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta light mattressDerivationally Related Form:tick
Hypernyms:mattress
Inherited Hypernyms:tickmattresspadpaddingartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.perceptionmake a clicking or ticking soundSynset:click
Derivationally Related Form:tickingclicktick
Hypernyms:go sound
Inherited Hypernyms:clicksoundcause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.perceptionmake a sound like a clock or a timerSynset:beat ticktack ticktock
Examples:- the clocks were ticking
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
Derivationally Related Form:beattickingticktocktickertick
Hypernyms:go sound
Inherited Hypernyms:ticksoundcause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contactsewSynset:retick
Derivationally Related Form:tickingtick
Hypernyms:run up sew sew together stitch
Inherited Hypernyms:ticksewfastenattachconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionput a check mark on or near or next toSynset:check check off mark mark off tick off
Examples:- Please check each name on the list
- tick off the items
- mark off the units
Derivationally Related Form:check
Hypernyms:verify
Inherited Hypernyms:checkverifyconfirm
Direct Hyponyms:receipt
Full Troponyms:receipt
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something