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Definitions for Tick:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.] Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, v. i. 1. To go on trust, or credit. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tick; to trust. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, n. [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf. Tike a tick.] (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs. (b) Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep). [1913 Webster] Tick bean, a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals. Tick trefoil (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus Desmodium, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put. See Thesis.] 1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling. [1913 Webster] 2. Ticking. See Ticking, n. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike gently; to pat. [1913 Webster] Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, n. 1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock. [1913 Webster] 2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Death tick. (Zool.) See Deathwatch. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tick \Tick\, v. t. To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. [1913 Webster] When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
tick n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: ticking] 2: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals 3: 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" [syn: check mark, check] 4: a light mattress v 1: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: click] 2: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: ticktock, ticktack, beat] 3: sew; "tick a mattress" [syn: retick] 4: put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
218 Moby Thesaurus words for "tick": act, arachnid, arthropod, bank credit, be effective, be in action, beat, bedbug, beetle, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloodsucker, blotch, book credit, borrowing power, brand, breath, bug, bump, cash credit, caste mark, caterpillar, centipede, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checkmark, chilopod, chink, cicatrix, cicatrize, click, clicking, clink, clop, clump, clunk, commercial credit, consumer credit, coup, crack, credit, credit insurance, credit rating, credit union, crump, cut, daddy longlegs, dapple, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, diplopod, discolor, discoloration, dot, drum, dull thud, earmark, engrave, engraving, flash, fleck, flick, flump, fly, freckle, function, gash, go, go pitapat, graving, hack, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, harvestman, hatch, have effect, have free play, have play, hexapod, hire purchase plan, impress, imprint, insect, installment credit, installment plan, instant, investment credit, jiff, jiffy, jot, larva, leech, lentigo, line, line of credit, macula, maggot, make a mark, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, microsecond, militate, millepede, millipede, millisecond, minute, mite, mole, moment, mosquito, mottle, never-never, nevus, nick, notch, nymph, operate, pad, palpitate, pant, parasite, pat, patch, patter, pencil, pepper, percolate, perform, perk, pitapat, pitter-patter, play, plump, plunk, point, polka dot, pop, prick, print, pulsate, pulse, punch, punctuate, puncture, rap, rating, riddle, run, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scorpion, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, sec, second, shake, speck, speckle, spider, splash, split second, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stroke, take effect, tap, tarantula, tattoo, tattoo mark, tax credit, throb, thud, thump, tick off, ticking, ticktack, ticktick, ticktock, tinkle, tittle, trace, trice, trust, tunk, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, underline, underscore, watermark, wink, wood tick, work

Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
tick n. 1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively referred to as `tick-tick-tick' simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long, independent chains of causes is handwaved. 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
tick 1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively referred to as "tick-tick-tick" simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long, independent chains of causes is handwaved. 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character. [Jargon File]

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
TICK, contracts. Credit; as, if a servant usually buy for the master upon tick, and the servant buy something without the master's order, yet, if the master were trusted by the trader, he is liable. 1 Show. 95; 3 Keb. 625; 10 Mod. 111; 3 Esp. R. 214; 4 Esp. R. 174.

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