| noun | a metallic tapping sound “he counted the ticks of the clock” |
| noun | any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals |
| noun | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. “as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name” |
| noun | a light mattress |
| verb | make a clicking or ticking sound “The clock ticked away” |
| verb | make a sound like a clock or a timer “the clocks were ticking” |
| verb | sew “tick a mattress” |
| verb | put a check mark on or near or next to “Please check each name on the list” |
| tick | verb | make a clicking or ticking sound |
| check | verb | put a check mark on or near or next to |
| click | noun | a short light metallic sound |
| tick | noun | a metallic tapping sound |
| ticking | noun | a metallic tapping sound |
| ticker | noun | a small portable timepiece |
| ticktock | noun | steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock |
| beat | noun | the sound of stroke or blow |
| check | noun | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. |