Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: retick, tick, tick_off, ticking, ticktack, ticktock

'tick'

[tick.n.01] as in: a metallic tapping sound

Examples:
he counted the ticks of the clock

'tick'

[tick.n.02] as in: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

'tick'

[check_mark.n.01] as in: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

Examples:
as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name

'tick'

[tick.n.04] as in: a light mattress

'tick'

[click.v.02] as in: make a clicking or ticking sound

Examples:
The clock ticked away

'tick'

[tick.v.02] as in: make a sound like a clock or a timer

Examples:
the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight

'tick'

[tick.v.03] as in: sew

Examples:
tick a mattress

'tick'

[check.v.06] as in: put a check mark on or near or next to

Examples:
Please check each name on the list
tick off the items
mark off the units

Origins

					tick (English)
├── tek (Middle English (1100-1500))
├── ticia (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── ticket (English)
│   └── estiquet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
└── tike (Middle English (1100-1500))