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Synonyms for tick
tɪktick

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  1. tick, tickingnoun

    a metallic tapping sound

    "he counted the ticks of the clock"

    Synonyms:
    ticking, check mark, check

  2. ticknoun

    any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

    Synonyms:
    ticking, check mark, check

  3. check mark, check, ticknoun

    a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

    "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"

    Synonyms:
    impediment, baulk, cheque, stay, confirmation, bridle, ticking, hitch, chip, handicap, assay, stoppage, balk, check, check-out procedure, bank check, tab, chit, curb, halt, deterrent, check mark, hinderance, hindrance, substantiation, stop, arrest, verification, checkout

  4. tickverb

    a light mattress

    Synonyms:
    ticking, check mark, check

  5. click, tickverb

    make a clicking or ticking sound

    "The clock ticked away"

    Synonyms:
    click, penetrate, dawn, beat, flick, get through, sink in, mark, come home, check, chatter, check off, ticktack, retick, snap, tick off, clack, cluck, get across, fall into place, mark off, ticktock

  6. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beatverb

    make a sound like a clock or a timer

    "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

    Synonyms:
    baffle, exhaust, get, circumvent, stick, crush, vanquish, mark, mystify, flummox, retick, outwit, nonplus, trounce, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, perplex, beat out, gravel, thump, check off, ticktack, outsmart, amaze, beat, thrum, ticktock, puzzle, quiver, check, click, pound, mark off, work over, pulsate, overreach, bewilder, tucker, vex, stupefy, wash up, outfox, tick off, pose, scramble, shell

  7. tick, retickverb

    sew

    "tick a mattress"

    Synonyms:
    beat, mark, ticktock, retick, tick off, mark off, check off, ticktack, check, click

  8. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tickverb

    put a check mark on or near or next to

    "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"

    Synonyms:
    ensure, hold in, jibe, tick off, label, fit, gibe, chequer, hold, moderate, distinguish, learn, checker, mark off, ticktack, stop, pock, condition, assure, nock, tally, beat, scar, suss out, check off, check over, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, retick, tag, check, train, arrest, hold back, click, set, stigmatize, find out, see, discipline, stigmatise, grade, pit, cross out, denounce, mark out, correspond, score, curb, punctuate, notice, check into, contain, strike off, strike out, determine, see to it, retard, crack, turn back, watch, brand, differentiate, break, cross off, agree, ticktock, check out, go over, note, commemorate, delay

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ticknoun

    Synonyms:
    click, beat

  2. ticknoun

    Synonyms:
    bed-tick, ticking

  3. ticknoun

    Synonyms:
    trust, credit

  4. tickverb

    Synonyms:
    click, beat

  5. tickverb

    Synonyms:
    score, check, check off

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tick":

    ticks, icts, check, graduation, ict, tick-tock

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How to use tick in a sentence?

  1. Andrew Schneider:

    Weird, isn't it Somehow in the dead of winter when its 40 below, so cold your words just freeze in the air, you think you'll never hear a robin's song again or see a blossom on a cherry tree, when one day you wake up and bingo, light coming through the mini blinds is softened with a tick of rose and the cold morning air has lost its bite. It's spring once again, the streets are paved with mud and the hills are alive with the sound of mosquitos.

  2. Mary Cranston:

    You can pretty much tell when a board just wants to tick off a quota, and I think a lot of women are not interested in being the female token.

  3. Richard Shelby:

    He might be amenable to doing nothing. Let it tick away, i don't know.

  4. Lanhee Chen:

    A lot of foreign policy is the personal relationship between leaders, and to the extent that he's able to help these foreign leaders understand who he is and what makes him tick, I think that's a positive thing.

  5. Daniel Pastula:

    It has to be insect repellent that is actually shown to work. Things with DEET or picaridin or IR3535 are the recommended ones, according to the EPA and the CDC, essentially, you don't need to worry about Powassan if you don't get bit by a tick.


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