| Main Entry: | tick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clicking sound; one beat |
Synonyms: |
beat, blow, clack, click, clicking, flash, instant, metallic sound, minute, moment, pulsation, pulse, rap, second, shake, tap, tapping, throb, ticktock, twinkling, wink |
| Notes: | a tock is more resonant than a tick |
| Main Entry: | tick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | checkmark |
Synonyms: |
X, check, cross, dash, flick, indication, line, mark, stroke |
| Main Entry: | tick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | click |
Synonyms: |
beat, clack, pulsate, tap, thump, ticktock |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throbbing |
Synonyms: |
cadence, cadency, flow, flutter, measure, meter, oscillation, palpitation, pound, pressure, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, rhyme, rhythm, ripple, shake, surge, swell, swing, throb, thump, tick, undulation, vibration |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short period of time |
Synonyms: |
instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | price asked for something |
Synonyms: |
amount, bad news, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | symbol for ticking off |
Synonyms: |
X, cross, dot, line, mark, score, sign, stroke, tick |
| Main Entry: | click |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | metallic sound |
Synonyms: |
bang, beat, clack, snap, tick |
| Main Entry: | insect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bug |
Synonyms: |
ant, aphid, arachnid, arthropod, bedbug, bee, beetle, bumblebee, butterfly, cockroach, cootie, daddy longlegs, dragonfly, flea, fly, fruit fly, gnat, grasshopper, hornet, ladybug, louse, mite, mite, mosquito, moth, pest, praying mantis, spider, termite, tick, vermin, yellowjacket |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
Synonyms: |
bat of the eye, breath, crack, flash, jiffy, juncture, minute, nothing flat, occasion, point, sec, second, shake*, short while, split second, tick, time, trice, twinkling, while, wink |