Nearby Words
tick [tik] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
tick [tik]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clicking sound; one beat
Synonyms: beat, blow, clack, click, clicking, flash, instant, metallic sound, minute, moment, pulsation, pulse, rap, second, shake, tap, tapping, throb, ticktock, twinkling, wink
Notes: a tock is more resonant than a tick
Main Entry: tick
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: click
Synonyms: beat, clack, pulsate, tap, thump, ticktock
Main Entry: beat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: throbbing
Synonyms: cadence, cadency, flow, flutter, measure, meter, oscillation, palpitation, pound, pressure, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, rhyme, rhythm, ripple, shake, surge, swell, swing, throb, thump, tick, undulation, vibration
Example Sentences
  • Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through the bite of the blacklegged tick.
  • For decades, scientists and doctors have been trying to peek into our heads and figure out what makes us tick.
  • Lyme disease is an infectious disease spread through a tick bite.
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Main Entry: bit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: short period of time
Synonyms: instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while
Notes: a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: price asked for something
Synonyms: amount, bad news, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick
Main Entry: check
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: symbol for ticking off
Synonyms: X, cross, dot, line, mark, score, sign, stroke, tick
Main Entry: click
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Definition: metallic sound
Synonyms: bang, beat, clack, snap, tick
Main Entry: insect
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bug
Synonyms: ant, aphid, arachnid, arthropod, bedbug, bee, beetle, bumblebee, butterfly, cockroach, cootie, daddy longlegs, dragonfly, flea, fly, fruit fly, gnat, grasshopper, hornet, ladybug, louse, mite, mite, mosquito, moth, pest, praying mantis, spider, termite, tick, vermin, yellowjacket
Main Entry: instant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: moment
Synonyms: bat of the eye, breath, crack, flash, jiffy, juncture, minute, nothing flat, occasion, point, sec, second, shake*, short while, split second, tick, time, trice, twinkling, while, wink
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