tick

Noun

• a light mattress

• 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
    

• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

• a metallic tapping sound
  • he counted the ticks of the clock
    

Verb

• put a check mark on or near or next to
  • Please check each name on the list
    
  • tick off the items
    
  • mark off the units
    

• sew
  • tick a mattress
    

• make a sound like a clock or a timer
  • the clocks were ticking
    
  • the grandfather clock beat midnight
    

• make a clicking or ticking sound
  • The clock ticked away
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  check mark , check , ticking , check off , mark , mark off , tick off , retick , ticktock , ticktack , beat , click