See ticky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for ticky meaning in English (2.9kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tick",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "tick + -y",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tick + -y",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tickier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "tickiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tickier"
},
"expansion": "ticky (comparative tickier, superlative tickiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 9 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 14 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination."
}
],
"glosses": [
"infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina)."
],
"id": "en-ticky-en-adj-sczTcbpo",
"links": [
[
"infested",
"infested"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
]
]
}
],
"word": "ticky"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tick",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "tick + -y",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tick + -y",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tickies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ticky (plural tickies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "44 14 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ticky box"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can I get another ticky?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a tick (particularly, a check mark)."
],
"id": "en-ticky-en-noun-9~X4ZRhr",
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
],
[
"check mark",
"check mark"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark)."
],
"tags": [
"childish"
]
}
],
"word": "ticky"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tick",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "tick + -y",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tick + -y",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ticky",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "44 14 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume."
],
"id": "en-ticky-en-intj-pp5YiEYP",
"links": [
[
"onomatopoeia",
"onomatopoeia"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"sound",
"sound"
],
[
"volume",
"volume"
]
],
"qualifier": "also tick",
"raw_glosses": [
"(onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "ticky-tacky"
}
],
"tags": [
"onomatopoeic"
]
}
],
"word": "ticky"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tick",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "tick + -y",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tick + -y",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tickier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "tickiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tickier"
},
"expansion": "ticky (comparative tickier, superlative tickiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination."
}
],
"glosses": [
"infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina)."
],
"links": [
[
"infested",
"infested"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
]
]
}
],
"word": "ticky"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ticky box"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tick",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "tick + -y",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tick + -y",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tickies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ticky (plural tickies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English childish terms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can I get another ticky?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a tick (particularly, a check mark)."
],
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
],
[
"check mark",
"check mark"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark)."
],
"tags": [
"childish"
]
}
],
"word": "ticky"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tick",
"3": "y"
},
"expansion": "tick + -y",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tick + -y",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ticky",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"related": [
{
"word": "ticky-tacky"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English onomatopoeias"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume."
],
"links": [
[
"onomatopoeia",
"onomatopoeia"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"sound",
"sound"
],
[
"volume",
"volume"
]
],
"qualifier": "also tick",
"raw_glosses": [
"(onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume."
],
"tags": [
"onomatopoeic"
]
}
],
"word": "ticky"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.