Pass
Pass noun - A narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage.
How words are described
| normal | normal pass | normal tick |
| initial | initial pass | initial tick |
| single | single pass | single tick |
| small | small pass | small tick |
| Other adjectives: new, final, next, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A tick is one pass through the master loop of the game engine that updates everything, the ticking clock of the simulated world itself, and the shortest unit of time that makes any sense.
Source: Fantastic Measurement System -
The Tick averted this by refusing to eat a kitten when he was trying to pass as a villain.
Source: Exotic Entree - Best Served Cold : A conspiracy a thousand years in the making... Big Damn Heroes: Ginrei Kuchiki who came like a thunder in the tick of the moment, along with Heroic Sacrifice and You Shall Not Pass.
Source: Fan Fic / Hammered Down
Cite this Source
Tick and Pass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/tick
Pass & Tick. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/tick>.
Tick or Pass. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/tick.
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