tick

IPA(Pronunciation)

/tɪk/

Verb

informal intransitive transitive

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock. / To make a tick or checkmark. / (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.

Japanese Meaning

アナログ時計の針の動きに似たカチカチという音を出す / チェックマークを付ける / （非公式に）特に機械類が正常に動作する

What is this buttons?

I could hear the old grandfather clock tick steadily in the hallway.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

廊下で古びた大きな置き時計が規則正しくチクタク鳴っているのが聞こえた。

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Sense（1）

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

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Sense（2）

To make a tick or checkmark.

Sense（3）

(informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.

He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.

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Sense（4）

To strike gently; to pat.

Therefore you Preachers out vvith your ſvvords and ſtrike at the root; ſpeak againſt covetouſneſs, and cry out upon it. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches, nor at the boughs, for then there vvill be nevv boughs and branches ſpring again of them, but ſtrike at the root, […]

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Sense（5）

(birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

ticks

（ present singular third-person ）

ticking

（ participle present ）

ticked

（ participle past ）

ticked

（ past ）

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