tick
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(verb) sew, as of mattresses; "tick a mattress" |
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Synonyms: retick |
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Related Words: run up, sew, sew together, stitch |
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(noun) any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals |
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Related Words: acarine, argasid, hard tick, ixodid, soft tick |
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(verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" |
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Synonyms: beat, ticktack, ticktock |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(noun) a light mattress |
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Related Words: mattress |
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(noun) a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" |
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Synonyms: ticking |
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Related Words: sound, ticktock, tictac, tocktact |
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(verb) make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" |
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Synonyms: click |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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