tickedadj.1
/tɪkt/ Of a dog: Having small markings or spots as if bitten by ticks: cf. tick spot n. at tick n.1 Compounds 2; hence of birds, etc.: spotted, dotted.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted
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flecked1377
dappledc1400
maculous?a1425
mailedc1425
variant1502
garled1506
sparked1552
menil1611
marbled1629
ticked1688
varied1715
maculose1727
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 185/2 Ticked, when a Dog is spotted with black on white, or with white spots on black, and the like of the fallow and white, which proceeds from the biteing of Ticks.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. Introd. 6 The puppy..is fawn-coloured with a dash of white, and promises to be ticked. Are you sportswoman sufficient to know that ticked means covered all over with white spots about the size of a pea?
1873 Spectator 22 Feb. 239/2 Canaries,..the evenly marked Yellows and Buffs, the ‘ticked’ or unevenly marked Yellows and Buffs.
1897 Outing 29 367/2 Dora [a dog] was so closely ticked that when in a brush-heap checkered black and white, it was almost impossible to see her.
1902 Fur & Feather 19 Sept. 207/2 Cats... Female..smooth grey ticked.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
tickedadj.2
/tɪkt/ a. Formed or represented by a series of ticks: as ‘a ticked line’.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [adjective] > dotted
punctulated1685
dotted1784
ticked1833
1833 T. Richardson Mercantile Marine Archit. 22 A ticked line through all these spots will form the cant frame.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 93 A batten..will form the ticked curve A D B.
b. Marked or marked off with a tick.
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society > communication > indication > marking > [adjective] > with ticks
ticked1863
1863 Therry Australia (title page) A supplementary chapter on Transportation and the Ticked-off System.
c. ticked off: angry, annoyed, ‘fed up’. Cf. tick v.1 3d. U.S. slang.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
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bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
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bristlinga1639
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sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
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sorea1694
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spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
1959 Amer. Speech 34 156 When one is angry, he's ticked or teed off.
1972 ‘T. Coe’ Don't lie to Me (1974) v. 54 Now you can see why Grazko is so ticked off.
1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxxiii. 72/1 Joan was beginning to get ticked off.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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