ticks

Noun

• 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
• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
• a light mattress
• plural of tick

Verb

• make a clicking or ticking sound
• make a sound like a clock or a timer
• sew
• put a check mark on or near or next to
• third-person singular simple present indicative of tick

Synonyms

beat, check, check mark, check off, click, mark, mark off, retick, tick, tick off, ticking, ticktack, ticktock