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to detick

to detick

1 9.0
To remove ticks from a pet or other animal
  • verb
  • /dɪˈtɪk/
: desparacitar
  • You should regularly check and detick your pets during tick season.

Examples

  • The veterinarian had to detick the dog after it returned from the woods.

  • She spent the afternoon carefully deticking her cat.

  • I need to detick my dog after the walk.

  • She deticked the cat carefully.

  • The veterinarian had to detick the dog after it returned from the woods.

  • You should regularly check and detick your pets during tick season.

  • She spent the afternoon carefully deticking her cat.

Synonyms

to delouse
vsto detick
3 8.1

To remove lice from a person, animal, or thing

targets animals, mainly pets, removing ticks rather than lice

How Clean

to detick
1 9.0
to groom
22 2.3

Surface Forms

detick infinitive
deticked past
deticked past participle
deticking present participle
deticks third person singular

Morphology

detick = tick (transparent) = de + tick

The verb is a clear and productive formation meaning 'remove ticks from' based on the noun 'tick'.

Etymology

Detick comes from the prefix de- meaning 'remove', like in defrost, and tick, the small bug that sticks to animals. So, to detick a pet is to take those ticks off.