tick in English: The short repeated sound a clock makes; in Britain, also the small mark you write to show something is correct. (noun)

Translation

The short repeated sound a clock makes; in Britain, also the small mark you write to show something is correct.

Word origin

From Middle English tek, meaning a light touch or tap, probably copying the sound.

Gender

Pluralticks

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Clocks tick; the full sound is often called tick tock.

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In British English the correct mark is a tick; Americans call it a check mark.

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In a tick is an informal British way to say in a moment.

clock

A thing on a wall or table that shows you the time.

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

second

Coming after the first one; also a very short piece of time, sixty of which make one minute.

watch

To look at something for a time to see what it does or what happens.

correct

Having no mistakes, and so exactly right.

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