tick

Meanings

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
A short period of time, particularly a second.
A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
Ticking.
A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
Credit, trust.
A goat.

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
To make a tick or checkmark.
To work or operate, especially mechanically.
To strike gently; to pat.
To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
To go on trust, or credit.
To give tick; to trust.

Image:Tick_2_%28aka%29.jpg|thumb|A tick (Ixodes hexagonus ([[species))]]
From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia, from Proto-Germanic *tīkkô, suffixed variant of Proto-Germanic *tīgô, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.
From Middle English tek ("light touch, tap")
From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch, from Latin theca ("cover").
From Middle English tik-, tic-, tike-, tiken-, an unassibilated form of Middle English tiche, tichen, from Old English tiċċen, from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Cognate with regional German Zicke ("nanny goat"), from Ziege.

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