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1. [Brit, Cdn, informal] Put a check mark on, near or next to
   "tick off the items";
   - check, check off, mark, mark off, tick [Brit]
    
2. [Brit, informal] Reprimand
   - tell off, brush down
    
3. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
   - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe, devil, roil [N. Amer]

Derived forms: ticks off, ticking off, ticked off

Type of: bawl out [informal], berate, call down [informal], call on the carpet [US, informal], chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], chide, displease, dress down [informal], have words, jaw [informal], lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce, verify, wig [Brit, informal]