Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)tick, tickinga metallic tapping sound“he counted the ticks of the clock” (n)tickany of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals (n)check mark, check, ticka mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.“as he called the roll he put a check mark by each student's name” Verbs
(v)click, tickmake a clicking or ticking sound“The clock ticked away” (v)tick, ticktock, ticktack, beatmake a sound like a clock or a timer“the clocks were ticking”,
“the grandfather clock beat midnight”