English Dictionary

tick

/tɪk/

verb

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.

I need to tick off all the items on my to-do list.

意味（1）

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

As 2020 ticked over into 2021, some 240 worksites were active on HS2's Phase 1 route between London and the West Midlands.

意味（2）

To make a tick or checkmark.

意味（3）

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

He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.

意味（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, […]

意味（5）

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