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tick

42 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) tick (noun)
  2. 2) tick (noun)
  3. 3) tick (noun)
  4. 4) tick (verb)
  5. 5) tick (noun)
  6. tick-borne (adjective)
  7. tick clover (noun)
  8. tick farcy (noun)
  9. tick fever (noun)
  10. tick off (verb)
  11. tick over (verb)
  12. tick pyemia (noun)
  13. tick trefoil (noun)
  14. adobe tick (noun)
  15. American dog tick (noun)
  16. bird tick (noun)
  17. black-legged tick (noun)
  18. brown tick (noun)
  19. bush tick (noun)
  20. cattle tick (noun)
  21. deer tick (noun)
  22. dog tick (noun)
  23. fever tick (noun)
  24. Gulf coast tick (noun)
  25. hard tick (noun)
  26. lone star tick (noun)
  27. moose tick (noun)
  28. paralysis tick (noun)
  29. Persian tick (noun)
  30. pigeon tick (noun)

1tick

noun \ˈtik\

Definition of TICK

1
: any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases
2
: any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteran flies — compare sheep ked

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Origin of TICK

Middle English tyke, teke; akin to Middle High German zeche tick, Armenian tiz
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Insect Terms

drone, entomology, gadfly, pismire, proboscis, vespine

Rhymes with TICK

brick, chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, trick, wick

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