Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 3944 6988088 2009-07-16T03:50:28Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia|Tick (disambiguation)|tick}} ==English== [[Image:Tick_2_%28aka%29.jpg|thumb|A tick (''Ixodes hexagonus'')]] ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/tɪk/}}, {{SAMPA|/tIk/}} * {{audio|en-us-tick.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ɪk}} * {{homophones|tic}} ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|ticia||lang=ang|parasitic animal}}, from West Germanic, cf. Dutch ''[[teek]]'', German ''[[Zecke]]''. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # {{context|fauna}} A tiny woodland [[arthropod]] of the order [[Acarina]]. =====Translations===== {{trans-top|arthropod}} * [[Alabama]]: [[satani]] * Albanian: [[rriqër]] {{m}}, [[këpushë]] {{f}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|տիզ|tr=tiz|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|shaki'su}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|klíště|n}} * Dutch: [[teek]] {{f}}/{{m}} * [[Dyirbal]]: [[bayi daynyjar]] ([[Guwal]]); [[bayi dimaniny]] ([[Jalnguy]]) * Esperanto: [[iksodo]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|punkki}}, {{t-|fi|puutiainen}} * French: {{t+|fr|tique|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Zecke|f}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|kullancs}} * Italian: {{t+|it|zecca|f}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|だに|tr=dani|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[진드기]] (jindeugi) {{trans-mid}} * Latin: {{t-|la|ricinus|m}} * Latvian: [[ērce]] {{m}} * Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|erkė|m|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Pitjantjatjara]]: [[uta]] * Polish: {{t+|pl|kleszcz|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|carrapato|m}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|căpuşă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|клещ|m|tr=klešč|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovak: [[kliešť]] {{m}} * Slovene: {{t-|sl|klošč|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|garrapata|f}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|fästing|c}} * [[Warlpiri]]: [[lutu]] {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{pedialite}} * {{commonslite}} ===Etymology 2=== From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|tek||lang=enm|light touch", "tap}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. #: ''The steady '''tick''' of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.'' # A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. #: ''At midday, the long bond is up a '''tick'''.'' # {{colloquial}} A short period of time, particularly a second. #: ''I'll be back in a '''tick'''.'' # {{British}} a [[mark]] ({{unicode|✓}}) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; [[checkmark]] #: ''Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a '''tick''' in the box'' =====Derived terms===== {{rel-top|terms derived from ''tick (noun)''}} * [[ticker]] * [[tick-tack]] * [[tick-tock]] {{rel-mid}} * [[ticking]] * [[tick off]] * [[tick over]] {{rel-bottom}} =====Translations===== {{trans-top|quiet but sharp sound}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|tikot|m}} * Dutch: [[getik]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[tikitys]] * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|minimum increment}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|short period of time}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|tel|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hetki}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|checkmark}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|fajfka|n}} {{i|informal}} * Dutch: [[vink]] {{f}}/{{m}}, [[vinkje]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[oikeinmerkki]] * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Breton}}: [[tarlask]], singular [[tarlaskenn]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec}}: [[bataana]] * {{ttbc|Mongolian}}: [[хачиг]] (1, khachig) {{trans-bottom}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the [[hand]]s in an [[analog]] [[clock]]. # To make a tick mark. =====Translations===== {{trans-top|make a clicking noise}} * [[Breton]]: [[ober]] [[tik-tak]] * Czech: {{t-|cs|tikat}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|tikken}} {{trans-mid}} * Romanian: [[a ticăi]] * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|make a tick mark}} * Dutch: [[afvinken]], [[aanvinken]], [[aankruisen]] * French: {{t+|fr|cocher}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kupe|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 3=== From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|tike||lang=enm}}, probably from {{etyl|dum|en}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|theca||lang=la|cover}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun|s|-}} # {{uncountable}} [[ticking|Ticking]]. # A [[sheet]] that wraps around a [[mattress]]. =====Translations===== {{trans-top|sheet around a mattress}} * Dutch: [[tijk]] {{n}} (fabric) or {{m}} (object) {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 4=== From {{term|ticket|lang=en}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # {{British|colloquial}} Credit, trust. #: ''I bought my groceries at the corner shop on '''tick'''.'' ---- ==Swedish== ===Noun=== {{infl|sv|noun|g=n}} {{sv-noun-irreg-n}} # [[tick#English|tick]] (quiet but sharp sound). 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