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
- chide
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
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Example Sentences
she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
Word History
Etymology
tick entry 2
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined at sense 2
- sea-born
- sea-bull
- sea-cut
- sea-daddy
- sea-ear
- sea-foam
- sea-gate
- sea-god
- sea-grant college
- sea-green incorruptible
- sea-hair coralline
- sea-heath family
- sea-kindliness
- sea-kindly
- sea-lane
- sea-loch
- sea-maid
- sea-maiden
- sea-maids
- sea-otter's-cabbage
- sea-otter's-cabbages
- sea-partridge
- sea-run
- sea-walled
- sea-washed