▪ I. ticked, a.
(tɪkt)
[f. tick n.1 + -ed2: see quot. 1688, and cf. flea-bitten; in mod. use associated with tick n.3 3 b.]
Of a dog: Having small markings or spots as if bitten by ticks: cf. tick spot (tick n.1 3); hence of birds, etc.: spotted, dotted.
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 185/2 Ticked, when a Dog is spotted with black on white, or with white spots on black, and the like of the fallow and white, which proceeds from the biteing of Ticks. 1828 Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. Introd. 6 The puppy..is fawn-coloured with a dash of white, and promises to be ticked. Are you sportswoman sufficient to know that ticked means covered all over with white spots about the size of a pea? 1873 Spectator 22 Feb. 239/2 Canaries,..the evenly marked Yellows and Buffs, the ‘ticked’ or unevenly marked Yellows and Buffs. 1897 Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 367/2 Dora [a dog] was so closely ticked that when in a brush-heap checkered black and white, it was almost impossible to see her. 1902 Fur & Feather 19 Sept. 207/2 Cats... Female..smooth grey ticked. |
▪ II. ticked, ppl. a.
(tɪkt)
[f. tick n.3 or v.1 + -ed.]
a. Formed or represented by a series of ticks: as ‘a ticked line’.
| 1833 Richardson Merc. Mar. Arch. 22 A ticked line through all these spots will form the cant frame. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 93 A batten..will form the ticked curve A D B. |
b. Marked or marked off with a tick.
| 1863 Therry Australia (title-p.), A supplementary chapter on Transportation and the Ticked-off System. |
c. ticked off: angry, annoyed, ‘fed up’. Cf. tick v.1 3 d. U.S. slang.
| 1959 Amer. Speech XXXIV. 156 When one is angry, he's ticked or teed off. 1972 ‘T. Coe’ Don't lie to Me (1974) v. 54 Now you can see why Grazko is so ticked off. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxxiii. 72/1 Joan was beginning to get ticked off. |