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tick
/tɪk/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a metallic tapping sound
he counted the ticks of the clock
- verb
make a clicking or ticking sound
The clock ticked away
- noun
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm blooded animals
- verb
make a sound like a clock or a timer
the clocks were ticking
- noun
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