tick off

verb

ticked off; ticking off; ticks off
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transitive verb

1
: to make angry or indignant
the cancellation really ticked me off
2
: reprimand, rebuke
his father ticked him off for his impudence

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she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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In the meeting, May and agency staffers ticked off a number of problems with Citation’s wells that regulators had overlooked for years. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026 Markos, understandably ticked off (and somehow aware that Corey had told Matt that Mia was taken), takes out all his toxic masculine rage on Matt’s gorgeous face, carving him up and leaving him to deal with it. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026 Given the prime location, everything is at your disposal from combing history tomes at Yountville Library to ticking off as many wine tastings as possible in one day. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Loran was ticked off by Lichtenstein’s Portrait of Madame Cézanne (1963), a painting that borrowed Loran’s own diagram analyzing the Paul Cézanne work of the same name. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tick off

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Etymology

tick entry 2

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of tick off was in 1915

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“Tick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20off. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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