Oxford Basic American Dictionary

Do you want a one-way or a round-trip ticket? a theater ticket

an official piece of paper that you get when you park in the wrong place, drive too fast, etc. The ticket tells you how much money you have to pay as a punishment

He got a ticket for speeding on the highway.

tick • et of • fice / ' tikst f / noun [ count ]

a place where you buy tickets

tick • le / ' tiki / verb

( tick les , tick - ling , tick - led )

to touch someone lightly with your fingers to make them laugh

She tickled the baby's feet.

to have the feeling that something is touching you lightly My nose tickles.

tick • lish / ' tiklij / adjective

If a person is ticklish , they laugh easily when someone tickles them.

tic-tac-toe / |tik trek ' tou / noun [ noncount ]

a game for two players in which each person tries to win by writing three O's or three X's in a line

tide / taid / noun [ count ]

( GEOGRAPHY ) the movement of the ocean toward the land and away from the land The tide is coming in . The tide is going out . Word building High tide is when the ocean is nearest the land Low tide is when the ocean is farthest from the land.

ti • dy / ' taidi / adjective ( ti - di - er , ti - di - est )

with everything in the right place Her room is very tidy.

—SYNONYM neat —ANTONYM messy

tie 1 © / tai/ verb (ties , ty ing , tied , has tied )

1 to attach or fasten something using rope, string, etc. I tied my hair back with a ribbon.

tied a scarf around my neck. The prisoner was tied to a chair.

( SPORTS ) to end a game or competition with the same number of points for both teams or players

Jenny tied with Sara for third place.

tie someone up to put a piece of rope around someone

so that they cannot move

The robbers tied up the owner of the store.

tie something up to put a piece of string or rope

around something to hold it in place

I tied up the package with string.

The dog was tied up in the yard.

—ANTONYM untie tie 2© / tai/ noun

[ count ] a long, thin piece of cloth that you wear around your neck with a shirt

—SYNONYM necktie , Look at the picture at clothes .

[ count ] ( SPORTS ) when two teams or players have the same number of points at the end of a game or competition The game ended in a tie.

ties [ plural ] a connection between people or organizations

Police believe he had ties to the Mafia.

ti .ger

/ taigsr / noun [ count ]

a wild animal like a big cat, with yellow fur and black lines ( stripes ). Tigers

live in Asia.

tight ©/ tait / adjective (tight er , tight est)

1 fastened firmly, so that you cannot move it easily a tight knot

can't open this jar — the lid is too tight. —ANTONYM loose

Tight clothes fit very close in a way that is often uncomfortable

These shoes are too tight. tight pants

► tight ( also tight - ly / ' taitli / ) adverb

Hold tight!

I tied the string tightly around the box.

tight • en / ' taitn / verb ( tight ens , tight en - ing , tight - ened )

to become tighter, or to make something tighter Can you tighten this screw?

—ANTONYM loosen

tight • rope / ' taitroup / noun [ count ]

a rope or wire high above the ground. People (called acrobats ) walk along tightropes as a form of entertainment.

tights / taits / noun [ plural ]

a thin piece of clothing that a woman or girl wears over her feet and legs a pair of tights

tile / tail / noun [ count ]

a flat, square object. We use tiles for covering roofs, walls, and floors.

►tile verb ( tiles , til . ing , tiled )

Dad is tiling the bathroom.

till / til / conjunction, preposition ( informal ) = until

They didn't arrive till six o'clock.

tilt / tilt / verb ( tilts , tilt . ing , tilt . ed )