tick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tick

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tick off sth
Participle: ticked off sth
Gerund: ticking off sth

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Itick off sth
youtick off sth
he;she;itticks off sth
wetick off sth
youtick off sth
theytick off sth

Perfect

Ihave ticked off sth
youhave ticked off sth
he;she;ithas ticked off sth
wehave ticked off sth
youhave ticked off sth
theyhave ticked off sth

Past

Iticked off sth
youticked off sth
he;she;itticked off sth
weticked off sth
youticked off sth
theyticked off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad ticked off sth
youhad ticked off sth
he;she;ithad ticked off sth
wehad ticked off sth
youhad ticked off sth
theyhad ticked off sth

Future

Iwill tick off sth
youwill tick off sth
he;she;itwill tick off sth
wewill tick off sth
youwill tick off sth
theywill tick off sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have ticked off sth
youwill have ticked off sth
he;she;itwill have ticked off sth
wewill have ticked off sth
youwill have ticked off sth
theywill have ticked off sth

Subjunctive

Present

Itick off sth
youtick off sth
he;she;ittick off sth
wetick off sth
youtick off sth
theytick off sth

Perfect

Ihave ticked off sth
youhave ticked off sth
he;she;ithave ticked off sth
wehave ticked off sth
youhave ticked off sth
theyhave ticked off sth

Imperfect

Iticked off sth
youticked off sth
he;she;itticked off sth
weticked off sth
youticked off sth
theyticked off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad ticked off sth
youhad ticked off sth
he;she;ithad ticked off sth
wehad ticked off sth
youhad ticked off sth
theyhad ticked off sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould tick off sth
youwould tick off sth
he;she;itwould tick off sth
wewould tick off sth
youwould tick off sth
theywould tick off sth

Perfect

Iwould have ticked off sth
youwould have ticked off sth
he;she;itwould have ticked off sth
wewould have ticked off sth
youwould have ticked off sth
theywould have ticked off sth

Imperative

youtick off sth
weLet's tick off sth
youtick off sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam ticking off sth
youare ticking off sth
he;she;itis ticking off sth
weare ticking off sth
youare ticking off sth
theyare ticking off sth

Perfect

Ihave been ticking off sth
youhave been ticking off sth
he;she;ithas been ticking off sth
wehave been ticking off sth
youhave been ticking off sth
theyhave been ticking off sth

Past

Iwas ticking off sth
youwere ticking off sth
he;she;itwas ticking off sth
wewere ticking off sth
youwere ticking off sth
theywere ticking off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been ticking off sth
youhad been ticking off sth
he;she;ithad been ticking off sth
wehad been ticking off sth
youhad been ticking off sth
theyhad been ticking off sth

Future

Iwill be ticking off sth
youwill be ticking off sth
he;she;itwill be ticking off sth
wewill be ticking off sth
youwill be ticking off sth
theywill be ticking off sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been ticking off sth
youwill have been ticking off sth
he;she;itwill have been ticking off sth
wewill have been ticking off sth
youwill have been ticking off sth
theywill have been ticking off sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be ticking off sth
youwould be ticking off sth
he;she;itwould be ticking off sth
wewould be ticking off sth
youwould be ticking off sth
theywould be ticking off sth

Perfect

Iwould have been ticking off sth
youwould have been ticking off sth
he;she;itwould have been ticking off sth
wewould have been ticking off sth
youwould have been ticking off sth
theywould have been ticking off sth

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)