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UP-TICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does up-tick mean?
• UP-TICK (noun)
The noun UP-TICK has 1 sense:
1. a small increase
Familiarity information: UP-TICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small increase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the up-tick in terrorist activity
Hypernyms ("up-tick" is a kind of...):
increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)
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