[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tick \tick\, n.
   1. a quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
      1913 webster

   2. any small mark intended to direct attention to something,
      or to serve as a check. --dickens.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. the whinchat; -- so called from its note. prov.
      eng.
      1913 webster

   death tick. zool. see deathwatch.
      1913 webster
see also:
death tick deathwatch 

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