tick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tick

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtick off
weLet's tick off
youtick off

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)