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Detailed Synonyms for ticking in English

ticking:

ticking [the ~] noun

  1. the ticking
    – a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers 1
    the ticking
    – a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers 1
  2. the ticking
    – a metallic tapping sound 1
    the tick; the ticking
    – a metallic tapping sound 1
    • tick [the ~] noun
      • he counted the ticks of the clock1
    • ticking [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "ticking":


Related Definitions for "ticking":

  1. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers1
  2. a metallic tapping sound1

tick:

to tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)

  1. to tick
    to mark; to tick; to check
    • mark verb (marks, marked, marking)
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
    • check verb (checks, checked, checking)
  2. to tick
    to tag; to touch; to touch upon; to glance; to stir; to tap; to tick; to just touch
    • tag verb (tags, tagged, tagging)
    • touch verb (touches, touched, touching)
    • touch upon verb (touches upon, touched upon, touching upon)
    • glance verb (glances, glanced, glancing)
    • stir verb (stirs, stirred, stirring)
    • tap verb (taps, tapped, tapping)
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
    • just touch verb (just touches, just touched, just touching)
  3. to tick
    – put a check mark on or near or next to 1
    to tick; to tick off
    – put a check mark on or near or next to 1
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
    • tick off verb (ticks off, ticked off, ticking off)
      • tick off the items1
  4. to tick
    – put a check mark on or near or next to 1
    to check; to mark; to tick; to tick off; to mark off; check off
    – put a check mark on or near or next to 1
    • check verb (checks, checked, checking)
      • Please check each name on the list1
    • mark verb (marks, marked, marking)
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
    • tick off verb (ticks off, ticked off, ticking off)
      • tick off the items1
    • mark off verb (marks off, marked off, marking off)
      • mark off the units1
    • check off verb
  5. to tick
    – sew 1
    to tick; retick
    – sew 1
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
      • tick a mattress1
    • retick verb
  6. to tick
    – make a sound like a clock or a timer 1
    to beat; to tick; ticktack; ticktock
    – make a sound like a clock or a timer 1
    • beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
      • the grandfather clock beat midnight1
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
      • the clocks were ticking1
    • ticktack verb
    • ticktock verb
  7. to tick
    – make a clicking or ticking sound 1
    to tick; to click
    – make a clicking or ticking sound 1
    • tick verb (ticks, ticked, ticking)
      • The clock ticked away1
    • click verb (clicks, clicked, clicking)

Conjugations for tick:

present
  1. tick
  2. tick
  3. ticks
  4. tick
  5. tick
  6. tick
simple past
  1. ticked
  2. ticked
  3. ticked
  4. ticked
  5. ticked
  6. ticked
present perfect
  1. have ticked
  2. have ticked
  3. has ticked
  4. have ticked
  5. have ticked
  6. have ticked
past continuous
  1. was ticking
  2. were ticking
  3. was ticking
  4. were ticking
  5. were ticking
  6. were ticking
future
  1. shall tick
  2. will tick
  3. will tick
  4. shall tick
  5. will tick
  6. will tick
continuous present
  1. am ticking
  2. are ticking
  3. is ticking
  4. are ticking
  5. are ticking
  6. are ticking
subjunctive
  1. be ticked
  2. be ticked
  3. be ticked
  4. be ticked
  5. be ticked
  6. be ticked
diverse
  1. tick!
  2. let's tick!
  3. ticked
  4. ticking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

tick [the ~] noun

  1. the tick
    – A regular, rapidly recurring signal emitted by a clocking circuit. 2
    the tick
    – A regular, rapidly recurring signal emitted by a clocking circuit. 2
  2. the tick
    – A regular, rapidly recurring signal emitted by a clocking circuit. 2
    the tick
    – A regular, rapidly recurring signal emitted by a clocking circuit. 2
  3. the tick
    – any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals 1
    the mite
    – any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods 1
    the tick
    – any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals 1
  4. the tick
    – any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals 1
    the tick
    – any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals 1
  5. the tick
    – a light mattress 1
    the tick
    – a light mattress 1
  6. the tick
    – a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. 1
    the check; the tick; the check mark
    – a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. 1
    • check [the ~] noun
    • tick [the ~] noun
    • check mark [the ~] noun
      • as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name1
  7. the tick
    – a metallic tapping sound 1
    the tick; the ticking
    – a metallic tapping sound 1
    • tick [the ~] noun
      • he counted the ticks of the clock1
    • ticking [the ~] noun

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Alternate Synonyms for "tick":


Related Definitions for "tick":

  1. any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals1
  2. a light mattress1
  3. a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.1
  4. a metallic tapping sound1
    • he counted the ticks of the clock1
  5. put a check mark on or near or next to1
  6. sew1
    • tick a mattress1
  7. make a sound like a clock or a timer1
    • the clocks were ticking1
  8. make a clicking or ticking sound1
    • The clock ticked away1
  9. A regular, rapidly recurring signal emitted by a clocking circuit.2

Related Synonyms for ticking