Country Dictionary

small bugs that get stuck on your skin

I walked through the field and got ticks all over me.

A short form for "tickets"

Did you happen to get ticks for the game tonight?

Plural for multiple watches or timepieces.

So many watches...so little time. Pierre has more than thirty ticks in his collection.

A term used to refer to crystal-meth, usually by Filipinos.

YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ANY TICK-TICK?

A phrase to tell someone to hurry up or that they are taking too long, or let’s go, time is ticking. Often substituted for the similar phrase Tick Tock. Often when pronounced, the phrase wording is elongated.

“Tick Tick. Let’s go. You’re taking forever”.

1.A code name Lebanese terrorists use to refer to each other. 2. Tick Tick an offensive term for a Lebanese. (used mainly by Hezbollah and their followers)

Hey Tick Tick did you here about Osama

Angry, annoyed; usually caused by someone else (one rarely becomes ticked by a situation). Also called 'ticked off'.

Fred stole my slippers! I'm ticked!