ticked (comparative more ticked, superlative most ticked)
(North America, slang) Ticked off; annoyed.
ticked
simple past tense and past participle of tick
• detick
Source: Wiktionary
Tick, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from ticket.]
Definition: Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
Tick, v. i.
1. To go on trust, or credit.
2. To give tick; to trust.
Tick, n. Etym: [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf. Tike a tick.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs. (b) Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep). Tick bean, a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals.
– Tick trefoil (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus Desmodium, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep.
Tick, n. Etym: [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. Thesis.]
1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
2. Ticking. See Ticking, n.
Tick, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] Etym: [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.]
1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. Latimer.
Tick, n.
1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. Dickens.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The whinchat; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] Death tick. (Zoöl.) See Deathwatch.
Tick, v. t.
Definition: To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
