tick off

English

Verb

tick off (third-person singular simple present ticks off, present participle ticking off, simple past and past participle ticked off)

1. (sometimes methaphorical) To sign with a tick.

   I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.

   I ticked three things off the list in my head, and had only four chores left to do.

2. To list (create or recite a list).
   • 2010, David A. Powell, Failure in the Saddle, Savas Beatie, →ISBN, page 68:

     In a lengthy missive dispatched the next afternoon, Wheeler ticked off a laundry list of reasons why he could not obey Bragg's order.

3. (Canada, US, transitive) To annoy, aggravate.

   It really ticks me off when people don't use proper punctuation.

4. (British, Australia, transitive) To reprimand.

   Fred was ticked off by the teacher for playing around in class.

   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎^[1]:

     Having ticked us off in this way, the rascal had an elaborate description of rails at the pit mouth, and of a zigzag excavation by which funicular trains were to burrow into the earth.

Synonyms

• (list): enumerate, recite; see also Thesaurus:tick off
• (annoy): bug, irk; see also Thesaurus:annoy
• (reprimand): admonish, tell off; see also Thesaurus:criticize

Translations

to sign with a tick

• Finnish: merkitä (fi)
• French: cocher (fr), marquer (fr)
• German: anhaken, ankreuzen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: işaretlemek (tr)
• Volapük: mäkön me krod

to list

• Finnish: luetella (fi), listata (fi)
• French: lister (fr), énumérer (fr)
• German: auflisten (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: برشمردن (fa) (baršomordan)
• Turkish: listelemek (tr)

to annoy, aggravate

• Finnish: ärsyttää (fi)
• French: agacer (fr), énerver (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: auf die Nerven gehen (de), (jemanden) auf die Palme bringen
• Turkish: (colloquial) gıcık etmek (tr)

(UK) to reprimand

• French: réprimander (fr)
• German: (jemanden) rüffeln (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: azarlamak (tr), paylamak (tr)