Plural of tick
regular plural
The plural of tick is ticks.
Forms of tick
| Singular | tick /tɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ticks /tɪks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Ticks in a sentence
- That, paired with her statement belt and the fact pearls are having a real fashion moment (courtesy of the Met Gala) is three big ticks from us.2023 May 26, Natasha Harding, Alexandria Dale, “Kate Middleton just re-wore her Alexander McQueen baby pink trouser suit”, in Women's Health
- There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 76
- It really ticks me off when people don't use proper punctuation.From the entry tick off
- Lice, fleas, ticks, and mites are widely spread parasites.From the entry parasite
- We investigated the presence of CNM in ornithophagous ticks from migrating birds.2015 July 25, “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ticks from Migrating Birds in Sweden”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry investigate
Meaning of tick
- noun A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- noun A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- noun A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
Questions about the plural of tick
- What is the plural of tick?
- The plural of tick is ticks.
- Is tick countable?
- Tick is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tick (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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