tick

Meanings

• a metallic tapping sound
  • "he counted the ticks of the clock"
• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
• a light mattress
• make a clicking or ticking sound
  • "The clock ticked away"
• make a sound like a clock or a timer
  • "the clocks were ticking"
• sew
  • "tick a mattress"
• put a check mark on or near or next to
  • "tick off the items"

Synonyms

beat, check, check mark, check off, click, mark, mark off, retick, tick off, ticking, ticktack, ticktock