tick off

verb

ticked off; ticking off; ticks off

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

Synonyms

• admonish
• reprimand
• get after
• blame
• scold
• get on
• criticize

Examples of tick off in a Sentence

she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised

it really ticks me off when someone says something like that

Recent Examples on the Web

In a year filled with slim, low-profile shapes, Bad Bunny and Adidas managed to deliver a shoe that ticked off trend boxes while staying faithful to the design DNA of both partners. —Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

But with 14 out of the 24 races having been ticked off the 2025 calendar, teams are expected to pay more attention to the 2026 car. —Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025

For any of this to become reality, SpaceX needs to begin ticking off a lengthy to-do list of technical milestones. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2025

Throughout the process, Bauer says the goal was to create a racket design that makes Djokovic proud when endorsing it while ticking off all the boxes regarding his preferences. —Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

tick entry 2

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for tick off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff