The sound of a ticking clock. / (journalism) A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.

The sound of a ticking clock. / (colloquial) A warning of some fateful impending event.

(Australia, banking, informal) A process that allows an account-holder to sign up to another financial institution, with the new bank taking care of all transfers, fees, and paperwork.

Alternative form of tick and flick

A hard-bodied tick, Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.

plural of tick box

Alternative form of uptick

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

simple past tense and past participle of tick a lock

To keep quiet or keep a secret.