The total number of ticks show how far I am from my goal.

Now it is at 18.15 million, just a couple of ticks from setting a 27-year low.

After a moment there was a short series of ticks from beyond the doorway.

The number of"ticks' may have any value between 0 and 32767.

Every year, thousands of ticks are sent in from around the state to be tested for disease agents.

"I'd rather not be quoted because I don't want people to associate there being a large number of ticks up here," he said.

"Grab a leg and we'll have him out in a couple of ticks."

These numbers mean the number of ticks per minutes.

There are a lot of ticks about this year.

In Israel, the number of ticks per camel ranged from 20 to 105.