Tic vs. Tick

Ticnoun

A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.

Ticnoun

Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.

Ticnoun

ticket

Ticverb

(intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.

Ticnoun

A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; - called also spasmodic tic.

Ticnoun

a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

Ticnoun

a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face.

Ticnoun

an idiosyncratic and habitual feature of a person's behaviour

Tic

A tic is a sudden, repetitive, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization involving discrete muscle groups. Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching.

Ticknoun

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

Ticknoun

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.

Ticknoun

A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

Ticknoun

(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).

Ticknoun

(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.

Ticknoun

a mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark

Ticknoun

A lifer (bird seen by a birdwatcher for the first time) that is uninteresting and routine, thus merely a tick mark on a list.

Ticknoun

The whinchat; so called from its note.

Ticknoun

(uncountable) Ticking.

Ticknoun

A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

Ticknoun

Credit, trust.

Ticknoun

A goat.

Tickverb

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.

Tickverb

To make a tick mark.

Tickverb

(informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.

Tickverb

To strike gently; to pat.

Tickverb

To go on trust, or credit.

Tickverb

To give tick; to trust.

Ticknoun

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

Ticknoun

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.

Ticknoun

The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.

Ticknoun

Ticking. See Ticking, n.

Ticknoun

A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.

Ticknoun

Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.

Ticknoun

The whinchat; - so called from its note.

Tickverb

To go on trust, or credit.

Tickverb

To give tick; to trust.

Tickverb

To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

Tickverb

To strike gently; to pat.

Tickverb

To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

Ticknoun

a metallic tapping sound;

Ticknoun

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

Ticknoun

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

Ticknoun

a light mattress

Tickverb

make a clicking or ticking sound;

Tickverb

make a sound like a clock or a timer;

Tickverb

sew;

Tickverb

put a check mark on or next to;

Tick

Ticks (suborder Ixodida) are parasitic arachnids that are part of the superorder Parasitiformes. Along with mites, they constitute the subclass Acari.