OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 1484

tick

/tɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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.