ticks
Because it is a word with a single syllable, ticks is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofticks
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
Example: "The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation."
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
Example: "At midday, the long bond is up a tick."
- A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A short period of time, particularly a second.
Synonyms: sec
Example: "I'll be back in a tick."
- A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
Synonyms: checkmark
Example: "Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box"
- 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.
- The whinchat.
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
- To make a tick or checkmark.
- To work or operate, especially mechanically.
Example: "He took the computer apart to see how it ticked."
- To strike gently; to pat.
- To add a bird to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
- Ticking.
- A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- To go on trust, or credit.
- To give tick; to trust.
- (place names) A goat.
Example: "Tickenhall Drive"
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