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Definition of tick verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

tick

 verb
verb
NAmE//tɪk//
 
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tick
 
he / she / it ticks
 
past simple ticked
 
-ing form ticking
 
 
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  • (of a clock, etc.) to make short, light, regular repeated sounds to mark time passing In the silence we could hear the clock ticking. a ticking bomb tick away While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.
    • Idioms
    what makes somebody tick
     
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    what makes someone behave in the way that they do I've never really understood what makes her tick.     Phrasal Verbstick awaytick off
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