1. past tense and past participle of detick; to remove ticks from (an animal or person)
Usage: informal; chiefly used in veterinary or pest-control contexts

Examples

• The veterinarian deticked the dog after it returned from the woods.
• We deticked our cat using a special comb and tweezers.
• The ranch hands deticked the cattle before moving them to pasture.
• After hiking, she carefully deticked herself and checked for any remaining parasites.