tick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tick

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tick by
Participle: ticked by
Gerund: ticking by

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Itick by
youtick by
he;she;itticks by
wetick by
youtick by
theytick by

Perfect

Ihave ticked by
youhave ticked by
he;she;ithas ticked by
wehave ticked by
youhave ticked by
theyhave ticked by

Past

Iticked by
youticked by
he;she;itticked by
weticked by
youticked by
theyticked by

Pluperfect

Ihad ticked by
youhad ticked by
he;she;ithad ticked by
wehad ticked by
youhad ticked by
theyhad ticked by

Future

Iwill tick by
youwill tick by
he;she;itwill tick by
wewill tick by
youwill tick by
theywill tick by

Future Perfect

Iwill have ticked by
youwill have ticked by
he;she;itwill have ticked by
wewill have ticked by
youwill have ticked by
theywill have ticked by

Subjunctive

Present

Itick by
youtick by
he;she;ittick by
wetick by
youtick by
theytick by

Perfect

Ihave ticked by
youhave ticked by
he;she;ithave ticked by
wehave ticked by
youhave ticked by
theyhave ticked by

Imperfect

Iticked by
youticked by
he;she;itticked by
weticked by
youticked by
theyticked by

Pluperfect

Ihad ticked by
youhad ticked by
he;she;ithad ticked by
wehad ticked by
youhad ticked by
theyhad ticked by

Conditional

Present

Iwould tick by
youwould tick by
he;she;itwould tick by
wewould tick by
youwould tick by
theywould tick by

Perfect

Iwould have ticked by
youwould have ticked by
he;she;itwould have ticked by
wewould have ticked by
youwould have ticked by
theywould have ticked by

Imperative

youtick by
weLet's tick by
youtick by

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam ticking by
youare ticking by
he;she;itis ticking by
weare ticking by
youare ticking by
theyare ticking by

Perfect

Ihave been ticking by
youhave been ticking by
he;she;ithas been ticking by
wehave been ticking by
youhave been ticking by
theyhave been ticking by

Past

Iwas ticking by
youwere ticking by
he;she;itwas ticking by
wewere ticking by
youwere ticking by
theywere ticking by

Pluperfect

Ihad been ticking by
youhad been ticking by
he;she;ithad been ticking by
wehad been ticking by
youhad been ticking by
theyhad been ticking by

Future

Iwill be ticking by
youwill be ticking by
he;she;itwill be ticking by
wewill be ticking by
youwill be ticking by
theywill be ticking by

Future Perfect

Iwill have been ticking by
youwill have been ticking by
he;she;itwill have been ticking by
wewill have been ticking by
youwill have been ticking by
theywill have been ticking by

Conditional

Present

Iwould be ticking by
youwould be ticking by
he;she;itwould be ticking by
wewould be ticking by
youwould be ticking by
theywould be ticking by

Perfect

Iwould have been ticking by
youwould have been ticking by
he;she;itwould have been ticking by
wewould have been ticking by
youwould have been ticking by
theywould have been ticking by

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'tick'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'tick'

dick, hick, kick, lick, nick, pick, rick, sick, stick, tack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English ticken, tiken, probably from Old English *ticcian (“to touch, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkōn (“to touch, tap”), cognate with German zecken (“to nudge, poke, jab”). Doublet of tig. See: German, old spelling 'zecken'.

Verbs referencing "tick"

German, old spelling zecken.

Sample Sentences

  • [ object ticking ] [anticipatory music] [ engine rumbling ] (Suburban Fury)