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cabarra • garrapata • rezno • sanchina
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
Sucking up all you can / Sucking up all you can suck and suck / Working up under my patience like a little tick / Fat little parasite (parasite) / Suck me dry / My fruit is bruised…
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tictac
A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.
grado • venero
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
At midday, the long bond is up a tick.
segundo
A short period of time, particularly a second.
I'll be back in a tick.
cotejo • el aspa • marca • palomita • tic • ticket (tíket)
A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box
Kate's choice to don her pink suit again now, at the height of the Barbiecore trend, shows the royal really does have her finger on the pulse. That, paired with her statement belt…
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tictaquear • tiquear
To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
As 2020 ticked over into 2021, some 240 worksites were active on HS2's Phase 1 route between London and the West Midlands.
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