beak vs tick

beak

verb
  • Strike with the beak. 

  • To play truant. 

  • Seize with the beak. 

noun
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton). 

  • The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed. 

  • That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. 

  • A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. 

  • A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. 

  • A justice of the peace; a magistrate. 

  • The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. 

  • The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. 

  • The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. 

  • A toe clip. 

  • A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. 

  • cocaine. 

  • Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. 

  • Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land. 

  • A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. 

tick

verb
  • To strike gently; to pat. 

  • To make a tick or checkmark. 

  • To go on trust, or credit. 

  • To work or operate, especially mechanically. 

  • To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard). 

  • To give tick; to trust. 

  • To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock. 

noun
  • A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. 

  • Credit, trust. 

  • The whinchat. 

  • A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds. 

  • A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency). 

  • A short period of time, particularly a second. 

  • A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. 

  • Ticking. 

  • A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect. 

  • A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling. 

  • A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. 

  • A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement. 

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