tick

Definition of tick in English English dictionary: To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock; A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement
At midday, the long bond is up a tick.; A sheet that wraps around a mattress; 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 jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency); a mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box.; Credit, trust
I bought my groceries at the corner shop on tick.; A tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina; Ticking; A short period of time, particularly a second
I'll be back in a tick.; To make a tick mark; {n} a score, account, doglouse, noise, ticken; {v} to run a score, trust, strike, beat; short for ticket. Credit, trust; any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals a light mattress a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"; any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals; The tick of a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds. He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock; A quick, audible beat, as of a clock; The standardised minimum price movement of a futures or options contract; You can use tick to refer to a very short period of time. I'll be back in a tick = sec; A tick is the minimum movement by which the price of a security, option, or index changes With stocks, a tick may be little as one cent With US Treasury securities, the smallest increment is 1/32 of a point, or 31 25 cents, and with corporate and municipal bonds, it's 1/8 of a point, or $1 25 An uptick represents an increase in price, and a downtick a drop in price; Refers to a change in price, either up or down (back to top); The minimum increment in which prices are quoted for a given instrument; a mark () made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark; A tick is a small creature which lives on the bodies of people or animals and uses their blood as food. chemicals that destroy ticks and mites. Credit or an amount of credit. Any of some 825 parasitic arachnid species (suborder Ixodida, order Parasitiformes), found worldwide. Adults may be slightly more than an inch (30 mm) long, but most species are much smaller. Hard ticks start and end each developmental stage egg, larva, nymph, adult on the ground; at the completion of each stage, they attach to a host (usually a mammal), engorge on blood, then drop to the ground. Soft ticks feed intermittently, pass through several nymphal stages, and live in the host's den or nest. Hard ticks may draw large amounts of blood, secrete paralyzing or lethal neurotoxins, and transmit diseases. Soft ticks may also carry diseases. The deer tick is the principal vector of Lyme disease; A small change in market price, either up or down; which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling; Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals; If you talk about what makes someone tick, you are talking about the beliefs, wishes, and feelings that make them behave in the way that they do. He wanted to find out what made them tick; a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"; To go on trust, or credit; This refers to a change in the price of a security, either up or down - as in up tick or down tick; Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep); When a clock or watch ticks, it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works. A wind-up clock ticked busily from the kitchen counter. Tick away means the same as tick. A grandfather clock ticked away in a corner. + ticking tick·ing the endless ticking of clocks; make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight; The smallest price increment in a futures or CFD price Often referred to as a "pip" in the currency markets For example, in Down Jones Industrials, a move from 8845 to 8846 is one tick In S&P 500, a move from 902 50 to 902 51 is one tick; To strike gently; to pat; {f} make a ticking sound (like a clock); mark, indicate, check off (as a list), put a check mark on; sew (a mattress); go on credit; Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick; Each trade in a security can be considered a tick- if the latest tick is up from the prior tick, it is considered an "uptick", and if the latest tick is lower than the prior tick, it is called a "downtick"; Measurement of the movement in a stock price (See "Up Tick," "Down Tick"); make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"; A price movement; sew; "tick a mattress"; Refers to a change in price, either up or down; a light mattress; To give tick; to trust; See Ticking, n; To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score; Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body; The minimum allowable price fluctuation (up or down) for a futures contract Different contracts have different size ticks Ticks can be stated in terms of price per unit of measure; A minimum change in price, up or down; Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check; (See minimum price fluctuation ); If you tick something that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it. Please tick this box if you do not wish to receive such mailings; {i} ticking sound; credit; small parasitic bloodsucking arachnid which can sometimes be the carrier of infectious diseases; light mattress; cover of a mattress or pillow; mark that indicates that something has been noted or done; The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc; The minimum price fluctuation for a futures contract Commonly used in reference to GNMA's and Treasury bond futures to indicate 1/32 of one percent par value; Refers to a minimum change in price up or down See Point; This refers to a change in the price of a security An uptick occurs when the last trade in a security takes place at a higher price than the prior trade A downtick occurs when the last trade in a security takes place at a lower price than the prior trade An indicator may be fashioned from the difference between the number of NYSE issues showing upticks on the last trade and the number of NYSE issues showing downticks on the last trade This indicator is known as the TICK, and is found on many quote screens A TICK of +236 means 236 more NYSE issues last traded on upticks than those trading on downticks; The smallest allowable increment of price movement for a contract; To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat; sheet that wraps around a mattress; Refers to the minimum change in price a security can have, either up or down Related: Point; The tick refers to the movement or direction of the last trade This is represented as an up tick (+) or a down tick (-); The smallest possible price move; Refers to a change in price, either up or down (See minimum price fluctuation ); A tick is a written mark like a V: ✓. It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with. Place a tick in the appropriate box; The smallest allowable increment of price movement for a contract Also referred to as Minimum Price Fluctuation; Minimum fluctuation in the price at which a security trades For example, a stock tick can be 1/8, 1/16, or even 1/32 (depending upon the units in which the stock trades) This term also applies to fluctuation in the prices of the market as a whole See also downtick, uptick, and zero-plus tick
tick away: To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something)
tick box: A small space on a form in which a tick or cross may be placed as a response
tick boxes: plural form of tick box
tick down: To count the time down to zero
tick fever: any of various diseases transmitted by ticks
tick mark: A mark (often one of a series) made to show that an operation or task has been completed
tick off: to annoy, aggravate
It really ticks me off when people don't use proper punctuation marks.
tick off: sign with a tick
I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.
tick off: To reprimand
Fred was ticked off by the teacher for playing around in class.
tick over: To run smoothly and without problems
While the boss was on holiday, the deputy made sure things were ticking over' in the firm.
tick over: to idle (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear)
tick-tock: To make continual clicking sounds like that of an analog clock
tick tack toe: A game played by two people, each trying to make a line of three X's or three O's in a boxlike figure with nine spaces
tick away: If you say that the clock or time is ticking away, ticking by, or ticking on, you mean that time is passing, especially when there is something that needs to be done or when you are waiting for something to happen. The clock ticks away, leaving little time for talks
tick by: see tick away
tick fever: Any of various febrile diseases transmitted by ticks, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Texas fever
tick off: If you say that something ticks you off, you mean that it annoys you. I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off She's still ticked off at him for brushing her off and going out with you instead
tick off: If you tick someone off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. His mum ticked him off at home Abdel felt free to tick him off for smoking too much Traffic police ticked off a pensioner for jumping a red light. see also ticking off = tell off
tick off: put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"
tick off: If you tick off items on a list, you write a tick or other mark next to them, in order to show that they have been dealt with. He ticked off my name on a piece of paper Tick it off in the box
tick off: {f} indicate that something has been done or completed by putting a check mark or a tick next to it (e.g.: "I made a list of the things you have to do, please tick off each one when you complete it"); (Slang) irritate a person; make a person angry; upset someone (e.g.: "It ticks me off when a child talks back impolitely to an older person")
tick on: see tick away
tick over: If a person, system, or business is ticking over, they are working steadily, but not producing very much or making much progress. The market is at least ticking over
tick over: run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
tick over: If an engine is ticking over, it is running at a low speed or rate, for example when it is switched on but you are not actually using it. Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over. = idle
tick trefoil: Any of various plants of the genus Desmodium, usually having trifoliolate compound leaves, racemes of small purplish or white flowers, and jointed seedpods with easily separable, one-seeded segments
tick trefoil: any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
tick-tack-toe: game played on paper in which players try to get three X's or O's in a row
tick-tock: the regular sound that a large clock makes every second (From the sound)
tight as a tick: Unwilling to spend money
The last time she had visited, Sean's father, Tiny Tim, who was tight as a tick with his money, jovially presided over the place, one big yard filled with rusting cars.
tight as a tick: Drunk, inebriated
For there ain't no kickGetting tight as a tickWhen you know that you're not breaking the law.
tight as a tick: Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting
I blow it up until it's tight as a tick. Just below the skirt through which the lanyard passes, a tiny mouth whistles a single-note tune until the balloon's lungs are emptied.
deer tick: A hard-bodied tick of the scientific name Ixodes scapularis of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States
foul tick: A foul ball which just brushes by the bat making a ticking sound
The catcher held onto the foul tick for the out.
straw tick: A bed mattress made from a coarse cotton material, or shoddy, and filled with (usually) straw
straw tick: Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag
A feather bed was good forever, but the life of a straw tick was from thrashing to thrashing.
ticked: Simple past tense and past participle of tick
ticking: An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect
ticking: Present participle of tick
ticking: A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks
ticking: {n} a strong cloth for bedcases
A tick: tike
Ticking: tick
cattle tick: A brown tick (Boophilus annulatus) whose bite transmits the causative agent of Texas fever in cattle
deer tick: Any of several ticks of the genus Ixodes that are parasitic on deer and other animals and transmit the infectious agents of febrile diseases, such as Lyme disease
hard tick: ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
horse tick: winged fly parasitic on horses
seed tick: The tiny six-legged larva of a tick, smaller than the eight-legged nymph
sheep tick: A wingless louselike fly (Melophagus ovinus) that is parasitic to sheep, causing skin irritations that result in loss of wool. Also called sheep ked
sheep-tick: parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
soft tick: tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
ticked: Ticked off; annoyed
ticked: {s} angry; annoyed
ticked: Past and past participle of tick
ticking: It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; called also ticken
ticking: A tightly woven, very durable fabric, usually made of cotton, and used for covering mattresses, box springs and pillows Ticking may be of launderable fabric, and is usually removable Down filled pillows require closely woven ticking fabric and calendered finish to prevent the fine down fibers from coming through the top or bottom layers
ticking: A (usually striped) cotton or linen fabric used for mattress covers, slipcovers and curtains
ticking: A compactly woven, striped cotton cloth that often has a white background with blue or brown stripes in the motif In apparel, it is used for sportswear and work clothes
ticking: A striped cotton or linen fabric used for mattress covers, slipcovers and curtains
ticking: A heavy twill made with a colored yarn stripe in the warp
ticking: When used in reference to Bengals, ticking is an excess of banded (agouti) hairs in the background color This reduces the contrast between the markings and the background color, and in severe cases tends to obscure the pattern Excessive ticking is considered undesirable All Bengals have some degree of ticking, but the less ticking, the better
ticking: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
ticking: {i} clicking, tapping
ticking: a thick strong cotton cloth used for making mattress and pillow covers (tick (15-20 centuries), probably from tike)
ticking: a sound of something ticking
ticking: ‑ A strong, durable cotton or linen fabric used for upholstery and mattress covering
ticking: Ticking is the outer fabric covering on a sleep set
ticking: A tightly woven, very durable fabric, usually made of cotton, and used for covering mattresses, box springs, pillows, and work clothes The fabric can be made by using a plain, satin, or twill weave construction
ticking: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
ticking: a strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses
ticking: A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made
ticks: plural of , tick
ticks: Upward or downward price movements in a security or index A downtick is the sale of a security at a price below the preceding deal An uptick is a sale executed at a price higher than the preceding sale For stocks, ticks are in 1/8 increments For bonds, a tick can be a move of 1/32 BACK TO TOP
ticks: The minimum upward or downward movement in the price of a security Down Ticks, Up Ticks and Zero Plus Ticks, these are all-important types of ticks An "Up Tick" occurs when a stock trades higher than the previous trade on the bid or offer "Down Ticks" occur when a stock's execution price is lower that the previous execution price trades at a price lower than the current bid or offer, remember the stock has to trade A Zero Plus Tick happens when a stock Up Ticks on a trade and the following trade is executed at the same price level One thing to note, NASD rules states; you may only short stock on an Up Tick or a Zero Plus Tick
ticks: small spider-like insects that may carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Lyme disease occur most frequently in May and June in areas visited by ungulates (sheep, etc ) check hair and clothing often for ticks, especially if bushwacking or walking and sitting in grassy clearings
ticks: Ticks can invade your home through your pets If you are having a tick problem let Pest-Pro! help!
ticks: units of time
ticks: Upward or downward price movements in a security or index A downtick is the sale of a security at a price below the preceding sale An uptick is a sale executed at a price higher than the preceding sale
ticks: third-person singular of tick
up-tick: a small increase; "the up-tick in terrorist activity
water tick: Same as Water mite
what makes people tick: motive or explanation of a person's behavior
wood tick: The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata
wood tick: common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
wood tick: Any of various ticks of the genus Dermacentor, that live in or on wood and transmit the microorganism that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia in humans
wood tick: When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores
wood tick: Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact