I. transitive verb
1. : to read off (an item in a list) : recite , enumerate
the commission ticked off six specific causes for the price spiral — Wall Street Journal
ticking off the appetizing aspects of summer — Jane Nickerson
2. : reprimand , rebuke
wanted to tick him off a bit for letting me in for all this — P.G.Wodehouse
3. : to describe with succinct accuracy
a period which it would be so difficult to tick off in a phrase — Times Literary Supplement
II. transitive verb
: to make angry or indignant