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Definitions for Ticked

[1] angry; miffed.
[2] a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
[3] Chiefly British Informal . a moment or instant.
[4] a small dot, mark, check, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something.
[5] Stock Exchange . a movement in the price of a stock, bond, or option. the smallest possible tick on a given exchange.
[6] Manège . a jumping fault consisting of a light touch of a fence with one or more feet.
[7] a small contrasting spot of color on the coat of a mammal or the feathers of a bird.
[8] to emit or produce a tick, like that of a clock.
[9] to pass as with ticks of a clock: The hours ticked by.
[10] to sound or announce by a tick or ticks: The clock ticked the minutes.
[11] to mark with a tick or ticks; check (usually followed by off ); to tick off the items on the memo.
[12] tick off , Slang . to make angry: His mistreatment of the animals really ticked me off. Chiefly British . to scold severely: The manager will tick you off if you make another mistake.
[13] a recurrent metallic tapping or clicking sound, such as that made by a clock or watch
[14] British informal a moment or instant
[15] a mark (✓) or dash used to check off or indicate the correctness of something
[16] commerce the smallest increment of a price fluctuation in a commodity exchange. Tick size is usually 0.01% of the nominal value of the trading unit
[17] to produce a recurrent tapping sound or indicate by such a sound the clock ticked the minutes away
[18] (when tr, often foll by off ) to mark or check (something, such as a list) with a tick
[19] what makes someone tick informal the basic drive or motivation of a person
[20] any of various small parasitic arachnids of the families Ixodidae (hard ticks ) and Argasidae (soft ticks ), typically living on the skin of warm-blooded animals and feeding on the blood and tissues of their hosts: order Acarina (mites and ticks) See also sheep tick (def. 1) Related adjective: acaroid
[21] any of certain other arachnids of the order Acarina
[22] any of certain insects of the dipterous family Hippoboscidae that are ectoparasitic on horses, cattle, sheep, etc, esp the sheep ked
[23] British informal account or credit (esp in the phrase on tick )
[24] the strong covering of a pillow, mattress, etc
[25] informal short for ticking

Words related to Ticked

blow, tap, wink, beat, flash, throb, moment, pulse, twinkling, second, clack, rap, shake, instant, pulsation, click, minute, tapping, ticktock, flick

Words nearby Ticked

tick-bird, tick-borne, tick-borne encephalitis virus, tick-borne typhus, tick-tack-toe, ticked, tickell, ticker, ticker tape, ticker-tape parade, ticket

Origin of Ticked

11400–50; late Middle English tek little touch; akin to Dutch tik a touch, pat, Norwegian tikka to touch or shove slightly. See tickle

Words that may be confused with Ticked

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, ticktic, tick

Word origin for Ticked

C15: probably from Middle Dutch tīke; related to Old High German ziecha pillow cover, Latin tēca case, Greek thēkē

Synonyms for Ticked

beat, blow, clack, click, clicking, flash, instant, minute, moment, pulsation, pulse, rap, second, shake, tap, tapping, throb, ticktock, twinkling, wink, metallic sound