as in to list
to specify one after another
ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list
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1
as in to admonish
to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault
she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised
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2
as in to anger
to make angry
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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Recent Examples of tick (off)
Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Darts obsessive Littler plays exactly like that, like a kid having fun on the stage, ticking off his own personal bucket list of darting dreams.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Florida, as usual. I’m ticked off at the stupid ads USAA uses with Gronkowski.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
Many others were debating which items would be the easiest to tick off.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Another season without a postseason would likely tick off an impatient fan base that grew used to watching the Cubs contend in the Joe Maddon era and could spell the end to Hoyer’s long run on the North Side.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Darts obsessive Littler plays exactly like that, like a kid having fun on the stage, ticking off his own personal bucket list of darting dreams.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Florida, as usual. I’m ticked off at the stupid ads USAA uses with Gronkowski.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
Many others were debating which items would be the easiest to tick off.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Tick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick%20%28off%29. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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