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tickable

/ˈtɪkəbəl/

tickable adjective: that can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.

Adjective

tickable (not comparable)

  1. That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.
    • tickable boxes in a questionnaire
  2. Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
  3. Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.
    • On landing the dark forms of the jungle fowl could be seen scattering across the airfield, but we were moving too fast for me to get a tickable view.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 109
  4. Of a program instruction: counted for the purpose of generating periodic signals every few instructions.
    • A tick is an event that occurs for every N low-level tickable statements executed by the parser within the declare block.2017, Branko Ajzele, Mastering PHP 7, page 143

Origin of tickable

From tick + -able.

Words that rhyme with tickable

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Questions about tickable

What does tickable mean?
Tickable means that can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.
What part of speech is tickable?
Tickable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tickable?
Tickable is pronounced /ˈtɪkəbəl/.

Words near tickable in the dictionary

  1. tick-tocked
  2. tick-tocking
  3. tick-tocks
  4. tick-trefoil
  5. tick-trefoils
  6. tickable
  7. tickbean
  8. tickbeans
  9. tickbird
  10. tickbirds
  11. tickbite

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