TICKY

Etymology

Adjective

ticky (comparative more ticky, superlative most ticky)

infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).

Noun

ticky (plural tickies)

(childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).

Interjection

ticky

(onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.

Source: Wiktionary



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