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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
  • A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
  • A sheet that wraps around a mattress.
  • ?) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
  • colloquial Credit, trust.
  • colloquial A short period of time, particularly a second.
  • computing A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  • fauna A tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.
  • uncountable Ticking.

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Verb:

  • To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  • To make a tick mark.

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