Tick

//tɪk//

Synonyms for "tick" (276 found)

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Closest matches (56)

Strong matches (82)

Verb(2 words)
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Related words (138)

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More general

18 entries

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Synonyms

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at location

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coordinate

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derived

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Showing 16 of 77 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

9 entries

is a

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manner of

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related to

15 entries

similar

15 entries

Translations

295 translations across 147 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • а-па́ҿа noun (arachnid)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • мэлхьэпӏацӏэ noun (arachnid)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • bosluis noun (arachnid)

Alabama

1 entries
  • satani noun (arachnid)

Albanian

2 entries
  • këpushë noun (arachnid)
  • rriqër noun (arachnid)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κροτών noun (arachnid)

Arabic

2 entries
  • قُرَاد noun (arachnid)
  • قُرَادَة noun (arachnid)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • caparra noun (arachnid)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܩܪܕܐ noun (arachnid)

Armenian

1 entries
  • տիզ noun (arachnid)

Assamese

1 entries
  • চিকৰা noun (arachnid)

Aymara

1 entries
  • jamak’u noun (arachnid)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • gənə noun (arachnid)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • талпан noun (arachnid)

Basque

2 entries
  • akain noun (arachnid)
  • kapar noun (arachnid)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • клешч noun (arachnid)

Breton

2 entries
  • tarlask noun (arachnid)
  • teureug noun (arachnid)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • деление noun (mark of measurement)
  • дюшеклък noun (sheet around a mattress)
  • къ́рлеж noun (arachnid)
  • миг noun (short period of time)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မွှား noun (arachnid)

Cashinahua

1 entries
  • yanan noun (arachnid)

Catalan

3 entries
  • caparra noun (arachnid)
  • paparra noun (arachnid)
  • vistiplau noun (checkmark)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • garapata noun (arachnid)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گەنە noun (arachnid)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • shaki'su noun (arachnid)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎫᎫ noun (arachnid)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 蜱 noun (arachnid)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 滴答聲 /滴答声 noun (quiet but sharp, repeated sound)
  • 蜱 noun (arachnid)
  • 記號 /记号 noun (checkmark)
  • 打勾 verb (make a tick mark)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ⲥⲓⲃ noun (arachnid)
  • ⲥⲓⲡ noun (arachnid)

Cornish

2 entries
  • tyckya verb (make a clicking noise)
  • tyckya verb (make a tick mark)

Corsican

1 entries
  • zecca noun (arachnid)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qasartqı noun (arachnid)

Czech

4 entries
  • fajfka noun (checkmark)
  • klíště noun (arachnid)
  • tikot noun (quiet but sharp, repeated sound)
  • tikat verb (make a clicking noise)

Danish

1 entries
  • flåt noun (arachnid)

Dutch

4 entries
  • getik noun (quiet but sharp, repeated sound)
  • teek noun (arachnid)
  • tel noun (short period of time)
  • vink noun (checkmark)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • iksodo noun (arachnid)

Estonian

1 entries
  • puuk noun (arachnid)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hetki noun (short period of time)
  • luotto noun (credit, trust)
  • piiru noun (mark of measurement)
  • punkki noun (arachnid)

French

4 entries
  • coche noun (checkmark)
  • crédit noun (credit, trust)
  • graduation noun (mark of measurement)
  • marque noun (checkmark)

Friulian

1 entries
  • cečhe noun (arachnid)

Galician

4 entries
  • carracha noun (arachnid)
  • carracho noun (arachnid)
  • carrapata noun (arachnid)
  • carrapato noun (arachnid)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტკიპა noun (arachnid)

German

4 entries
  • Häkchen noun (checkmark)
  • Zeck noun (arachnid)
  • Zecke noun (arachnid)
  • Zëche noun (arachnid)

Greek

1 entries
  • τσιμπούρι noun (arachnid)

Harari

1 entries
  • ቁርዱድ noun (arachnid)

Haryanvi

2 entries
  • चीचड़ noun (arachnid)
  • बीगू noun (arachnid)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קַרְצִיָּה noun (arachnid)

Hindi

2 entries
  • किलनी noun (arachnid)
  • टिक noun (arachnid)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kullancs noun (arachnid)
  • pipa noun (checkmark)
  • ketyeg verb (make a clicking noise)
  • kipipál verb (make a tick mark)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • blóðmaur noun (arachnid)
  • hak noun (checkmark)

Ido

1 entries
  • zeko noun (arachnid)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • ayam noun (arachnid)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • caplak noun (arachnid)
  • mencontreng verb (make a tick mark)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • tikuttaa verb (make a clicking noise)

Irish

3 entries
  • ceartán noun (arachnid)
  • sceartán noun (arachnid)
  • tic noun (checkmark)

Italian

4 entries
  • segno di spunta noun (checkmark)
  • zecca noun (arachnid)
  • spuntare verb (make a tick mark)
  • ticchettare verb (make a clicking noise)

Ivatan

1 entries
  • liplip noun (arachnid)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ごさらぎ noun (arachnid)
  • だに noun (arachnid)
  • チェックマーク noun (checkmark)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦕꦥ꧀ꦭꦏ꧀ noun (arachnid)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • шалз noun (arachnid)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಉಣ್ಣಿ noun (arachnid)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кене noun (arachnid)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដង្កែ noun (arachnid)

Kikuyu

2 entries
  • ngũha noun (arachnid)
  • ngũkũma noun (arachnid)

Korean

1 entries
  • 진드기 noun (arachnid)

Koyraboro-Senni

1 entries
  • nkanji noun (arachnid)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кене noun (arachnid)

Lak

1 entries
  • суцӏ noun (arachnid)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເຫັບ noun (arachnid)

Latin

1 entries
  • ricinus noun (arachnid)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ērce noun (arachnid)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • erkė noun (arachnid)

Low German

1 entries
  • Teek noun (arachnid)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • klěšć noun (arachnid)

Luiseño

1 entries
  • toróoshanat noun (arachnid)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Zéck noun (arachnid)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • крлеж noun (arachnid)

Machiguenga

1 entries
  • pachíto noun (arachnid)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • kongona noun (arachnid)

Malay

2 entries
  • calit noun (checkmark)
  • sengkenit noun (arachnid)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പട്ടുണ്ണി noun (arachnid)
  • വട്ടൻ noun (arachnid)

Maltese

1 entries
  • qurdiena noun (arachnid)

Manx

1 entries
  • carthan noun (arachnid)

Marathi

1 entries
  • गोचीड noun (arachnid)

Middle Persian

1 entries
  • 𐫍𐫗𐫃𐫗 noun (arachnid)

Mingrelian

2 entries
  • ბაჭა noun (arachnid)
  • გირჯღიბე noun (arachnid)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хачиг noun (arachnid)

Māori

3 entries
  • kutu kararehe noun (arachnid)
  • tatetate noun (quiet but sharp, repeated sound)
  • tatetate verb (make a clicking noise)

Navajo

1 entries
  • yaaʼ noun (arachnid)

Nepali

1 entries
  • टिक noun (arachnid)

Nogai

1 entries
  • касарткы noun (arachnid)

Norman

1 entries
  • lâque noun (arachnid)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • flått noun (arachnid)

Occitan

3 entries
  • lagast noun (arachnid)
  • pat noun (arachnid)
  • rese noun (arachnid)

Odia

3 entries
  • କିରନି noun (arachnid)
  • ଗଏରା noun (arachnid)
  • ଟିଙ୍କ noun (arachnid)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • ezigaa noun (arachnid)

Omaha-Ponca

1 entries
  • ttáðazáppa noun (arachnid)

Oromo

2 entries
  • shilmii noun (arachnid)
  • silmii noun (arachnid)

Palantla Chinantec

1 entries
  • chi³mai³ noun (arachnid)

Persian

4 entries
  • تارو noun (arachnid)
  • نارد noun (arachnid)
  • کرنه noun (arachnid)
  • کنه noun (arachnid)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • uta noun (arachnid)

Polish

4 entries
  • fajka noun (checkmark)
  • haczyk noun (checkmark)
  • kleszcz noun (arachnid)
  • ptaszek noun (checkmark)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • carrapato noun (arachnid)
  • carraça noun (arachnid)
  • tique noun (quiet but sharp, repeated sound)
  • tique noun (checkmark)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਚਿੱਚੜ noun (arachnid)

Quapaw

1 entries
  • ttádazíppa noun (arachnid)

Quechua

4 entries
  • agta noun (arachnid)
  • amaku noun (arachnid)
  • amuku noun (arachnid)
  • hamak'u noun (arachnid)

Romanian

2 entries
  • căpușă noun (arachnid)
  • ticăi verb (make a clicking noise)

Romansch

2 entries
  • raischen noun (arachnid)
  • zecca noun (arachnid)

Russian

4 entries
  • га́лочка noun (checkmark)
  • клещ noun (arachnid)
  • мгнове́ние noun (short period of time)
  • миг noun (short period of time)

Saramaccan

1 entries
  • kaapátu noun (arachnid)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gartan noun (arachnid)
  • strìochag noun (checkmark)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kr̀pelj noun (arachnid)
  • кр̀пељ noun (arachnid)

Severn Ojibwa

1 entries
  • omanichooshimi noun (arachnid)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • zicca noun (arachnid)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කිණිතුල්ලෝ noun (arachnid)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kliešť noun (arachnid)
  • tikať verb (make a clicking noise)

Slovene

2 entries
  • klošč noun (arachnid)
  • tikati verb (make a clicking noise)

Spanish

4 entries
  • [el] aspa noun (checkmark)
  • cabarra noun (arachnid)
  • cotejo noun (checkmark)
  • garrapata noun (arachnid)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • daguloso noun (arachnid)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • erke noun (arachnid)

Svan

1 entries
  • ღჷჯგ noun (arachnid)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kupe noun (arachnid)
  • tiki noun (checkmark)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bock noun (checkmark)
  • fästing noun (arachnid)
  • tick noun (quiet but sharp, repeated sound)
  • ticka verb (make a clicking noise)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • garapata noun (arachnid)
  • gurlit-tsek noun (checkmark)
  • kato noun (arachnid)
  • panungkad noun (checkmark)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кана noun (arachnid)

Tamil

1 entries
  • உண்ணி noun (arachnid)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • šurdu noun (arachnid)

Thai

1 entries
  • เห็บ noun (arachnid)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཐིག་སྒྲ noun (arachnid)

Tigre

1 entries
  • ቀራድ noun (arachnid)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ቍርዲድ noun (arachnid)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kene noun (arachnid)
  • sakırga noun (arachnid)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • sakyrtga noun (arachnid)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • лемтэй noun (arachnid)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кліщ noun (arachnid)

Unami

1 entries
  • sàktùkw noun (arachnid)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • klěšć noun (arachnid)

Urdu

2 entries
  • ٹک noun (arachnid)
  • کلنی noun (arachnid)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kana noun (arachnid)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bét noun (arachnid)
  • ve noun (arachnid)

Volapük

1 entries
  • tikitön verb (make a clicking noise)

Võro

1 entries
  • puutäi noun (arachnid)

Warlpiri

1 entries
  • lutu noun (arachnid)

Welsh

1 entries
  • torogen noun (arachnid)

Wolof

1 entries
  • weteñ wi noun (arachnid)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קליעשטש noun (arachnid)
  • קלעשטש noun (arachnid)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • pech noun (arachnid)

Zulu

1 entries
  • umaka noun (arachnid)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Mister"ing a tick? You're a funny kid.

Source: tatoeba (327147)

I like to take things apart to see what makes them tick.

Source: tatoeba (637199)

I just can't work out what makes Tom tick.

Source: tatoeba (3289083)

I hear the buzz of a fan, the drip of the faucet, the hum of the fridge, the tick of the clock, the whoosh of cars passing by the house.

Source: tatoeba (3681674)

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