Definition of "ticks" []

• Plural form of tick. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tick. (verb)

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• "The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'."
• "The former did not quite pull back its full audience yet as it only managed a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demo which is off three ticks from the 1.8 it has averaged so far."
• "Peter Oberem received birds three years ago and says he has seen a sharp drop in ticks at his game farm in northern South Africa."