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Meaning of "what makes someone tick" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHAT MAKES SOMEONE TICK

what makes someone tick


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHAT MAKES SOMEONE TICK

what · what a lark! · what about · what for · what have you · what if · what is more · what matter · what price something? · what the doctor ordered · what you will · what-d´ye-call-her · what-d´ye-call-him · what-d´ye-call-it · what-d´you-call-it · what-for · what-ho · what-if · what´s the odds? · what´s up?

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHAT MAKES SOMEONE TICK

candlestick · chapstick · dipstick · drumstick · hard tick · harvest tick · hockey stick · incense stick · joystick · lipstick · Memory Stick · nonstick · sheep tick · slapstick · soft tick · stick · tick · uptick · walking stick · wrong end of the stick

Synonyms and antonyms of what makes someone tick in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «WHAT MAKES SOMEONE TICK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «what makes someone tick» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «what makes someone tick» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of what makes someone tick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of what makes someone tick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «what makes someone tick» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

是什么让一个人滴答
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

lo que hace que alguien garrapata
570 millions of speakers
en

English

what makes someone tick
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

क्या किसी टिकटिक बनाता है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ما الذي يجعل شخص ما القراد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

что делает человека клеща
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

o que faz alguém carrapato
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কি কেউ টিক করে তোলে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ce qui rend une personne coche
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Apa yang membuat orang memeriksanya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

was macht jemand Zecke
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

どのような誰かティックを作る
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

어떤 사람 틱 하게
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Apa sing nggawe wong obah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

những gì làm cho một người nào đó đánh dấu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

யாராவது டிக் செய்கிறது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कोणीतरी टिक बनवतो
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Birini kene yapar eden şey
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ciò che rende qualcuno tick
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

, co sprawia, że ​​ktoś kleszcza
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

що робить людину кліща
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ceea ce face cineva căpușă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τι κάνει κάποιος τσιμπούρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Wat maak iemand merk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vad som gör någon fästing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hva som gjør noen hake
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHAT MAKES SOMEONE TICK»

Discover the use of what makes someone tick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to what makes someone tick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Untitled
"idiom what makes sb tick If you know what makes someone tick, you understand why they behave the way they do. "phrasal verbs tick away/by If time ticks away/ by, it goes past: With the final seconds ticking away, Milan scored a goal. tick sb ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
/diom what makes sb tick If you know what makes someone tick, you understand why they behave the way they do. ^phrasal verbs tick away/by If time ticks away/ by, it goes past: With the final seconds ticking away, Milan scored a goal. tick sb ...
‎2008
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
(P)$Jt: H'fffi (The little boy was licked oft for coming home late. MW^Atm^t-^J M ' 5SiJa)l|/T - ) to tick over 1. (#fj«) ^^fllid^lfl^ jKUffl 2. jE-fifiifi1 (Everything here is n' ctmg over smoothly. itJSfKj— EO^Pttf 8P£«*J»itfT • ) what makes someone tick [ n ) ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
on tick on credit. informal Tick is an abbreviation of ticket, a note recording money or goods received on credit. tight as a tick:seeTIGHT. what makes someone tick what motivates someone. informal ticket be tickets be the end. South African ...
Judith Siefring, 2004
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
N Amer equivalent CHECK. 4 (often tick something off) to count something (eg an item on a list) by marking a tick beside it. • what makes someone tick colloq their underlying character and motivation. © 1 5c teka little touch □ tick someone ...
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
What makes someone tick: to inquire how one thinks or operates. We all wonder what makes him tick. Ticked/Ticked off: angry; teed off. Mary got ticked off when the cook put too much salt in her soup. Ticker: one's heart. My doctor had to repair ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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Business Benchmark Upper Intermediate BULATS and Business ...
... exciting and very fashionable a short written description of your education, qualifications, previous 1 disposable income a 2 extensive to do anything else 3 what makes someone tick b 4 stubborn c 5 subscribe and other basic needs) 6 hot d ...
Guy Brook-Hart, 2013
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1860, (low) coll. what makes (someone) tick. (His) chief interest in life, his drivingforce: since ca. 1930. 'I've never discovered what makes him tick.' Ex watches and clocks. what me! A c.p. greeting between two, or more than two, soldiers: WW1.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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A Secret Wish (Wish Series #1):
I'm used to digging for motivation, figuring out what makes someone tick.” “I know what makes you tick – the unknown,” she said. “You crave excitement, change, new adventures. You don't want to do the same thing every day of your life.
Barbara Freethy, 2012
10
The 'how To' Guide for Managers
Yet without any proper training, some managers draw deep, meaningful conclusions about what makes someone tick and then, even worse, go ahead and act on those conclusions. When asked if they in fact talked to the individual concerned, ...
John Payne, Shirley Payne, 1996
REFERENCE
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