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English
Etymology
From tick + -y.
Adjective
ticky (comparative tickier, superlative tickiest)
- infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.
Noun
ticky (plural tickies)
- (childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).
Can I get another ticky?
Derived terms
Interjection
ticky
- (onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.
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