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tick: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals; a light mattress; a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"; sew; "tick a mattress"; make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

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bloodsucker collapse

tick off collapse

delimit collapse

scorpion collapse: arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting

tarantula collapse: large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites

daddy longlegs collapse

punctuate collapse: insert punctuation marks into; interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

numerate collapse: able to understand and use numbers; read out loud as words written numbers

underscore collapse: a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter); give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

underline collapse: draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to

caterpillar collapse: a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth; a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

clunk collapse

chide collapse

striate collapse: marked with stria or striations; mark with striae or striations

discolor collapse: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"; cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"; lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"

trice collapse: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope; raise with a line; "trice a window shade"

jiffy collapse

split second collapse

leech collapse: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end; a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

thud collapse: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"; make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"

militate collapse: have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; "Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed"

demarcate collapse: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; separate clearly and as if by boundaries

upbraid collapse

mottle collapse: an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"; colour with streaks or blotches of different shades; mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

chalk up collapse: accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

scarify collapse: puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"; break up; "scarify soil"; scratch the surface of; "scarify seeds"

spider collapse: predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey; a skillet made of cast iron; a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

clop collapse: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

insect collapse: small air-breathing arthropod

two shakes collapse

splotch collapse: blotch or spot

enumerate collapse: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

sec collapse: (of champagne) moderately dry

entrust collapse: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"; put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"

define collapse: give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"; determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"; show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"

mark off collapse: set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory"

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