English Explanatory Dictionary

tick off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.
  2. To list (create or recite a list).
  3. To annoy, aggravate.
  4. To reprimand.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tick off.wav

Word forms

tick off ticks off ticking off ticked off

Synonyms

check off catalogue enumerate list recite tabulate tick off bug irk aggravate annoy nettle rankle ruffle sting antagonize bother disgruntle botherate get grate burn up bedevil cheese off devil exasperate frustrate get up grotch hack off hassle irritate jazz molest mommick nark nerve pee off peeve persecute pique piss off provoke rile rile up roil storm test someone's patience trouble try one's patience vex wind up Idioms: boil someone's piss chap someone's hide get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's back up get someone's dander up

Antonyms

unlist

Related words

classify order rank sort
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