as in listed
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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as in admonished
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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as in angered
to make angry
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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Recent Examples of ticked (off)
Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
Kusilek, who quarterbacked the Falcons from 2012-15, earning all-WIAC Conference honors, stood with a smile pasted to his face and his eyes glued to Wisconsin-River Falls coach Matt Walker as the final minute of time ticked off the clock.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
Smith’s next point is what ticked off Barkley, who was visibly frustrated at the desk.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
There’s a swagger to his game (ask Erik Gudbranson, who was ticked off at the Wild center rubbing his delay of game penalty in).
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Alex’s reporting on the lobbyists infiltrating the climate summit ticked off an oil exec whose company takes out a lot of advertising on UBN.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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
Royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun that Meghan posting a glimpse of their children, Archie 5, and Lilibet, 3, might have ticked off her husband.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
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In its October earnings conference call, Puma CEO Arthur Hoeld ticked off a list of things Puma needs to correct.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
Kusilek, who quarterbacked the Falcons from 2012-15, earning all-WIAC Conference honors, stood with a smile pasted to his face and his eyes glued to Wisconsin-River Falls coach Matt Walker as the final minute of time ticked off the clock.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
Smith’s next point is what ticked off Barkley, who was visibly frustrated at the desk.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
There’s a swagger to his game (ask Erik Gudbranson, who was ticked off at the Wild center rubbing his delay of game penalty in).
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Alex’s reporting on the lobbyists infiltrating the climate summit ticked off an oil exec whose company takes out a lot of advertising on UBN.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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
Royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun that Meghan posting a glimpse of their children, Archie 5, and Lilibet, 3, might have ticked off her husband.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Ticked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ticked%20%28off%29. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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