tick
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- noun
- /tɪk/
- UK
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marca de verificación
- Electrical noise in the video signal appears immediately on the screen as visual noise—snow, tick marks, and patterns are common.
- tick mark
- tick box
Like it, it feels like there's almost this tick list of life, right?
- Like it, it feels like there's almost this tick list of life, right?
- We use that nice little tick, little tick marking system, right?
- Will you like, comment and subscribe to the Blue Tick Show?
- And I've done all this tick, check, check, check.
Examples
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That's a tick in every box.
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Just a reminder that a green tick is usually appreciated for an answer.
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If it's already there, you place a tick mark next to it.
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If you find something with a lot of tick marks next to it, you fire away with your camera.
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OK, so if you have a look now we've got a little tick here next to Minions.
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PHOTO (WHITE & BLACK): Roots of Oenanthe javanica, March 31, 1994. Tick marks are 10 cm apart.
Academic text (1998) -
Please put a tick in the box to show that you have completed the task.
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The teacher marked every correct answer with a tick on the student's paper.
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To confirm your choice, make sure there is a tick next to your selected option.
Synonyms
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A small mark written to show something is done or correct
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A small mark like ✓ that shows something is correct or finished
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small blood-sucking bug that bites animals and people and can carry Lyme disease
A small tick found in eastern North America that bites people and can give them Lyme disease
A common tick in North America that can spread diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Specialized
A tick with a hard shield on its back and mouth parts that stick out from its head
- Archaic
A disease caused by tiny germs that spreads to people from reddish-brown ticks on dogs and other animals
A game for two players who take turns marking a three by three grid to make three in a row
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A plant with three small leaves and sticky pods that cling to clothes or animals
- UK
A small parasite that sticks to sheep and other animals and can spread disease to animals and people
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A small blood-sucking animal without a hard shell on its back that bites animals and birds
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A tick in the western United States that bites people and spreads Lyme disease
How Checked
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the mark meaning of tick is to think of a quick small stroke or sign; people call the little check mark a 'tick' because it is a tiny sign that something is noted, selected, or finished.