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tick
1. informal A moment or instant. Primarily heard in UK. A: "Could you help me with this?" B: "Yep, just a tick!" Wait here a tick while I nip inside.
2. informal A degree or unit on some scale. Can you turn the thermostat up a couple ticks? While their newest phone is a notch above their previous model, not enough has improved to warrant its hefty price tag.
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tick
n. a minute; a second. (see also sec.) This won’t take a tick. Sit tight.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (as) full as a tick
- (as) tight as a tick
- a few ticks
- as tight as a tick
- buy (something) on tick
- full as a tick
- get (something) on tick
- get, buy, etc. something on tick
- go on tick
- half a minute
- half a minute, tick, second, etc.
- half a second
- half a tick
- make tick
- on tick
- tick
- tick (something) off on (one's) fingers
- tick all the (right) boxes
- tick away
- tick by
- tick down
- tick off
- tick over
- tick past
- tick someone off
- tick something off on your fingers
- ticked
- ticked (off)
- ticked off
- tick-tock
- tight as a tick
- what makes (one) tick
- what makes one tick
- what makes somebody tick
- what makes someone tick
- what makes tick