tick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tick

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tick
Participle: ticked
Gerund: ticking

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Itick
youtick
he;she;itticks
wetick
youtick
theytick

Perfect

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

Past

Iticked
youticked
he;she;itticked
weticked
youticked
theyticked

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Itick
youtick
he;she;ittick
wetick
youtick
theytick

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iticked
youticked
he;she;itticked
weticked
youticked
theyticked

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtick
weLet's tick
youtick

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)