Definition of tick

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Tick (v. i.) To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat..

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Billet :: Billet (n.) A small stick of wood, as for firewood..
Ticker :: Ticker (n.) One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc..
Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket..
Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick..
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth..
Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..
Adherent :: Adherent (a.) Sticking; clinging; adhering.
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse..
Bastinado :: Bastinado (n.) A blow with a stick or cudgel.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..
Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
Hobbyhorse :: Hobbyhorse (n.) A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..
Queasy :: Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Ticketing :: Ticketing (n.) A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
Tickle :: Tickle (v. i.) To excite the sensation of titillation.
Grace :: Grace (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops..
Ticketing :: Ticketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ticke.
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..
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