simple past tense and past participle of tick away

simple past tense and past participle of tick a lock

(baseball, slang, rare) A foul ball which just brushes by the bat, making a ticking sound.

(sometimes methaphorical) To sign with a tick. / To list (create or recite a list). / (Canada, US, transitive) To annoy, aggravate. / (Britain, Australia, transitive) To reprimand.

an admonition or reprimand

the idling of an engine / (by extension) doing a gentle amount of work

(intransitive, of an engine) to idle (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear). / (idiomatic, of, e.g. a process or a business) To run smoothly and without problems.

Any of several plants, of the genus Bidens, having yellow flowers and prickly fruit. / The barbed fruit of these plants, which sticks to clothing and to animal fur.

(Britain) The completion of a form containing multiple-choice questions in which one or more boxes need to be ticked by way of an answer.

A small, immature tick larva.