Definition of tick

tickverb

Đánh dấu

/tɪk//tɪk/

Word Originverb Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘pat, touch’): probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch tik (noun), tikken (verb) ‘pat, touch’. The noun was recorded in late Middle English as ‘a light tap’; current senses date from the late 17th cent.

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to make short, light, regular repeated sounds to mark time passing

tạo ra những âm thanh ngắn, nhẹ, lặp đi lặp lại đều đặn để đánh dấu thời gian đã trôi qua

Example:
  • In the silence we could hear the clock ticking.

    Trong im lặng, chúng tôi có thể nghe thấy tiếng đồng hồ tích tắc.

  • a ticking bomb

    một quả bom tích tắc

  • While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.

    Trong khi chúng tôi chờ đợi, đồng hồ taxi vẫn tiếp tục tích tắc.

to put a mark (✓) next to an item on a list, an answer, etc.

để đánh dấu ( ✓) bên cạnh một mục trong danh sách, một câu trả lời, v.v.

Example:
  • Please tick the appropriate box.

    Vui lòng đánh dấu vào ô thích hợp.

  • Tick ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each question.

    Đánh dấu ‘có’ hoặc ‘không’ cho mỗi câu hỏi.

  • I've ticked the names of the people who have paid.

    Tôi đã đánh dấu tên những người đã trả tiền.

Idioms

the clock is ticking (down)
used to say that there's not much time left before something happens
  • The clock is ticking down to midnight on New Year’s Eve.
  • The clock is ticking for one mystery lottery winner who has less than 24 hours to claim a £64 million prize.
  • tick all the/somebody’s boxes
    (British English, informal)to do exactly the right things to please somebody
  • This is a movie that ticks all the boxes.
  • The house we would like to buy ticks all our boxes.
  • what makes somebody tick
    what makes somebody behave in the way that they do
  • I've never really understood what makes her tick.