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Noun ticking has 2 senses
- tick, ticking - a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
--1 is a kind of sound
--1 has particulars: ticktock, tocktact, tictac
- ticking - a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
--2 is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb tick has 4 senses
- click, tick - make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
--1 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
--2 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- tick, retick - sew; "tick a mattress"
--3 is one way to sew, run up, sew together, stitch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick - put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"
--4 is one way to verify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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