idiom informal : the things that cause someone to behave a certain way : the feelings, opinions, concerns, etc., that are parts of someone's personality.

tick. To give someone 'tick' or 'ticka' is to give someone drugs on credit. Q: "Can I get this deal on 'tick' until Monday?" A: "Ahhh....helllzzz no!" Q: "Does ...

TICK definition: 1. a mark (✓) that shows that something is correct or has been done: 2. a very short time: 3. the…. Learn more.

If you talk about what makes someone tick, you are talking about the beliefs, wishes, and feelings that make them behave in the way that they do.

The verb tick originally meant "to touch or pat." The current meaning may be related to the sound of a hand patting or tapping a surface. Another kind of tick ...

idiom British, old-fashioned : with an agreement to pay later : on credit She bought her supplies on tick.

5 дней назад · If you buy something on tick, you pay for it later: It's tempting to buy all of this stuff on tick. She'd bought everything on tick.

11 нояб. 2023 г. · A working-class phrase for taking out a purchase on a less than legitimate line of credit, the "tick" being the debt owed to the lender.

20 июл. 2019 г. · To make someone tick is “to make someone get going”. Simply put: a particular thing which motivates someone or cause them to behave in a certain ...