WordNet
n. tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head [syn: argasid]
Usage examples of "soft tick".
They were prepared with an electronic listening device that could detect the soft tick of a safe's tumblers and amplify them, which made deducing the combination mere child's play, but as insurance they also took a full set of safe-cracking tools and a plastic explosive.
Although no louder than before, the quiet hiss of static had acquired a menacing quality, as though each soft tick represented the impact of a radioactive particle on his eardrum.
The soft tick tick of claws on vinyl yanked him out of the maelstrom and he whirled to snarl over the couch back.
The soft tick, tick of claws on vinyl yanked him out of the maelstrom and he whirled to snarl over the couch back.
There was not even the sound of breathing in the dark hut, and the soft tick and rustle of the ashes sounded deafening in the silence as they watched Bazo's open hand draw closer and closer to the creature.
They hung from the velvet ribbon, swinging free and hitting the table edge with a soft tick.
It quivered by the desk drawer handle and then with a soft tick dropped into position.
There was no noise except the zing of crickets and the soft tick-over of the car's engine.
We didn't talk much, and time crawled by with no sound except the soft tick of my watch.
I heard the soft tick and snap of the charcoal in the brazier as she searched the scattered pathways of the future for a word or sign she might impart.