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

The remaining seven rounds of the 2025 season have 199 points on offer, given the three sprint races that are yet to be ticked off this season, which makes the prospect of Verstappen claiming another title a possibility, especially since the gap to Piastri is 69 points. —Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025

Jornet reached the final stretch of Colorado peaks on after methodically ticking off the ten 14ers in the Sangre de Cristo Range. —Jayme Moye, Outside, 19 Sep. 2025

Sanders then ticked off a long list of medical organizations—collectively representing hundreds of thousands of doctors—who agree with that fact. —Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025

As casting choices go, here is an extreme case where there are no limits on who can play what, sure to tickle some and tick off others on both sides of the aisle. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 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