"I'm sure I know every little tick and nervous gesture on it!"

He picked up the piece of paper again and placed a little tick in the little box.

One item caught his eye; unthinkingly, he put a little tick next to it.

He figured us for a nice little upward tick in his first-hour cash flow.

He pulled a stub of pencil out of his pocket and made a little tick in his black book.

By comparison with Richard, then, John has been seen as a weedy little tick.

River bugs, Willie had explained, tiny little ticks called arradores.

Surely I was getting way out of my depth here, I ought to be passing this little tick on to higher authority.

"I should do your Dohlman the favor of killing you, little tick, since you obviously haven't the dignity needed to kill yourself."

You ripped that little tick's head off.