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- Middle English · inherited fromticken
- English todaytig
Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishticken all →
tick
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally. Full definition →
Middle English ticken