(onomatopoeia) The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking. / (countable) A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance.

Alternative form of uptick

plural of tick bite

A bite from a tick that can pass various illnesses to the bitten host.

(simile) Engorged with food or drink, especially alcoholic drink.

simple past tense and past participle of tick and tie

plural of tick mark

(accounting) To make sure that every item in a ledger or in an inventory is accounted for and properly connected to other items to which they are related.

A wingless dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.

Any tick in the family Ixodidae, differing from the so-called soft ticks in several respects, in particular in that they bear a defensive hard shield (or scutum) on the body