ticks

noun

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

1. 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.

2. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

   At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

3. A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
4. A short period of time, particularly a second.

   I'll be back in a tick.

5. A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
6. A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.

   Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box

7. A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
8. The whinchat.

1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
2. To make a tick or checkmark.
3. To work or operate, especially mechanically.

   He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.

4. To strike gently; to pat.
5. To add a bird to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

1. Ticking.
2. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

noun

Credit, trust.

1. To go on trust, or credit.
2. To give tick; to trust.

1. (place names) A goat.

   Tickenhall Drive