tick
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
Other meanings
A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
“The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.”
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
“At midday, the long bond is up a tick.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "ticia" (parasitic animal, tick).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tick” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.