Definitions for ticked

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Spelling: [tikt]

IPA: /tɪkt/

Ticked is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in ticked (cdeikt).

Definitions for ticked

noun

1. a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
2. Chiefly British Informal. a moment or instant.
3. 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.
4. Stock Exchange. a movement in the price of a stock, bond, or option. the smallest possible tick on a given exchange.
5. Manège. a jumping fault consisting of a light touch of a fence with one or more feet.
6. a small contrasting spot of color on the coat of a mammal or the feathers of a bird.

Idioms

1. what makes one tick, the motive or explanation of one's behavior:

adjective

1. angry; miffed.

Verb phrases

1. tick off, Slang. to make angry: Chiefly British. to scold severely:

verb (used with object)

1. to sound or announce by a tick or ticks:
2. to mark with a tick or ticks; check (usually followed by off); to tick off the items on the memo.

verb (used without object)

1. to emit or produce a tick, like that of a clock.
2. to pass as with ticks of a clock:

Origin of ticked

First recorded in 1935-40; tick¹ + -ed²

Examples for ticked

The clock ticked and ticked, and 'twas so still you could hear every stroke of the pendulum.

It's ticked in red ink, if you'll take the trouble to look at it.'

It can be ticked all through, and all around, with the thoughts of a man.

Further, while Obama's poll numbers have ticked up recently, they are still underwater.

Ryan said, as he ticked off the positive elements from his perspective.

The unemployment rate, which is compiled from the separate household survey, ticked down to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent.

"Just got back to where we left you this morning," Jerry ticked off into the air.

In recent years rates of substance abuse and suicide among veterans have also ticked steadily upward.

The CIA ticked up its support for some armed rebel groups later that summer.

A clock might have ticked twice while they sat or stood as though that were all there was to do.