Definition of ticks

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• ticks is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
• ticks is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
• ticks is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of ticks

• a metallic tapping sound (noun)

  Examples

  1. he counted the ticks of the clock

  Synonyms

  1. ticking
• make a sound like a clock or a timer (verb)

  Examples

  1. the clocks were ticking

  Synonyms

  1. beat
  2. ticktack
  3. ticktock
• sew (verb)

  Examples

  1. tick a mattress

  Synonyms

  1. retick
• make a clicking or ticking sound (verb)

  Examples

  1. The clock ticked away

  Synonyms

  1. click
• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. check
  2. check mark
• put a check mark on or near or next to (verb)

  Examples

  1. tick off the items

  Synonyms

  1. check
  2. check off
  3. mark
  4. mark off
  5. tick off
• a light mattress (noun)
• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals (noun)

See definition of ticks in Merriam Webster