Score and Tick

Score

Score noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.

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Tick and score are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tick" instead a noun "Score".

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

Tick noun - A metallic tapping sound.

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Score and tick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Score" instead a noun "Tick".

Nearby Words: ticked, ticking

musical	musical score	musical tick
single	single score	single tick
vocal	vocal score	vocal tick
new	new score	new tick
Other adjectives: final, next, last, minimum, maximum.

The quiz game Buzz ends with an eliminator round: Every time you answer a question correctly, your opponents' scores tick down, and anyone whose score gets reduced to zero loses.

Source: Golden Snitch
After he finds out Barry's identity and tells Wells that he intends to find out what makes Barry tick, Wells dons his yellow suit and snatches Eiling from his own compound to deliver him to Gorilla Grodd, who has a score to settle with the general.

Source: Asshole Victim / Live-Action TV
X Japan, Buck Tick, Loudness and others that began in The '80s are actively recording and touring to popular reception (if not among the mass media), and Yoshiki Hayashi was tapped to write the score for the 2012 and 2013 Golden Globes award ceremony.

Source: Useful Notes / The New Tens

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