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ticky

/ˈtɪ.ki/

ticky adjective: infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).

Adjective

ticky (comparative tickier, superlative tickiest)

  1. infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
    • The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.

Noun

ticky (plural tickies)

  1. (childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).
    • Can I get another ticky?

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeic, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
    • Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.

Forms of ticky

Adjective
comparativetickier
superlativetickiest
Noun
pluraltickies

Origin of ticky

From tick + -y.

Words formed from ticky

Phrases with ticky

Questions about ticky

What does ticky mean?
Ticky means infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
What part of speech is ticky?
Ticky can be an adjective, a noun or an interjection.
How do you pronounce ticky?
Ticky is pronounced /ˈtɪ.ki/.

Words near ticky in the dictionary

  1. ticktock
  2. ticktocked
  3. ticktocking
  4. ticktocks
  5. tickwood
  6. ticky
  7. ticky box
  8. ticky boxes
  9. ticky tacky
  10. ticky-box
  11. ticky-boxes

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