"tick off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tick off.wav Forms: ticks off [present, singular, third-person], ticking off [participle, present], ticked off [participle, past], ticked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tick off (third-person singular simple present ticks off, present participle ticking off, simple past and past participle ticked off)
  1. (sometimes figurative) To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed; to check off. Tags: figuratively, sometimes Synonyms: recite, irk, annoy, tell off, criticize, catalogue, list, tabulate, tick off Hypernyms: collate, compile Hyponyms: enlist, factorize, inventory, itemize, read off, rattle off [idiomatic], reel off [idiomatic], rhyme off [Canada, idiomatic], run down Related terms: classify, order, rank, sort Translations (to sign with a tick): merkitä (Finnish), cocher (French), marquer (French), anhaken (German), ankreuzen (German), odhaczać [imperfective] (Polish), odhaczyć [perfective] (Polish), bocka av (Swedish), işaretlemek (Turkish), mäkön me krod (Volapük)
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  2. To list (create or recite a list). Synonyms (list): enumerate Translations (to list): luetella (Finnish), listata (Finnish), lister (French), énumérer (French), auflisten (German), برشمردن (baršomordan) (Persian), listelemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tick_off-en-verb-UZmlYGaw Disambiguation of 'list': 34 66 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to list': 27 73 0 0
  3. (Canada, US, transitive) To annoy, aggravate. Tags: Canada, US, transitive Synonyms (annoy): bug Translations (to annoy, aggravate): ärsyttää (Finnish), agacer (French), énerver (French), auf die Nerven gehen (German), (jemanden) auf die Palme bringen (German), gıcık etmek [colloquial] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tick_off-en-verb-zfwyBEZT Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 8 15 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 35 7 23 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 10 17 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 8 18 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 8 18 39 Disambiguation of 'annoy': 36 0 64 0 Disambiguation of 'to annoy, aggravate': 1 0 97 1
  4. (British, Australia, transitive, historically US) To reprimand. Tags: Australia, British, transitive Synonyms (reprimand): admonish Translations ((UK) to reprimand): réprimander (French), (jemanden) rüffeln (German), läxa upp (Swedish), azarlamak (Turkish), paylamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tick_off-en-verb-MCiGGxPY Categories (other): American English, Australian English, British English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 6 6 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 8 15 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 35 7 23 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 10 17 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 8 18 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 8 18 39 Disambiguation of 'reprimand': 9 2 1 88 Disambiguation of '(UK) to reprimand': 4 1 2 93

Inflected forms

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        "(sometimes figurative) To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed; to check off."
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          "ref": "2023 November 8, Paul Salopek, “River Blues”, in National Geographic:",
          "text": "“So many wars here,” says Luo Xin, my walking partner and a brilliant writer and professor of history from Peking University.\nI ask Luo to name them.\nNot breaking stride, he ticks off the wars between the Three Kingdoms more than 2,200 years ago. And then the Han-Xiongnu war of the second century B.C. And Liu Bobo’s later campaigns against the Qin empire. And the Tang versus Northern Song dynasty. And the Ming frontier wars. More recently, there was the Chinese civil war and the war against Japanese aggression. The Yellow River’s silted waters sucked away casualties from them all.",
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          "text": "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.",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "merkitä"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "cocher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "marquer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "anhaken"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "ankreuzen"
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      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
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      "word": "odhaczać"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
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      "word": "odhaczyć"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "bocka av"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "işaretlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to sign with a tick",
      "word": "mäkön me krod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "luetella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "listata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "lister"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "énumérer"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "auflisten"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "baršomordan",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "برشمردن"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to list",
      "word": "listelemek"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy, aggravate",
      "word": "ärsyttää"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to annoy, aggravate",
      "word": "agacer"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to annoy, aggravate",
      "word": "énerver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to annoy, aggravate",
      "word": "auf die Nerven gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to annoy, aggravate",
      "word": "(jemanden) auf die Palme bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to annoy, aggravate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gıcık etmek"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(UK) to reprimand",
      "word": "réprimander"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(UK) to reprimand",
      "word": "(jemanden) rüffeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(UK) to reprimand",
      "word": "läxa upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(UK) to reprimand",
      "word": "azarlamak"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "(UK) to reprimand",
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}

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