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ticky boxes

ticky boxes is the plural of ticky box.

Meaning of ticky box

Noun (1)

ticky box (plural ticky boxes)

  1. (informal) A blank square on a form in which a check mark or cross may be placed in order to indicate a selection.
    • At college I took a sort of ticky box approach to doing my work. I'd say to myself, right, I've done that, I've measured that, I've read that.2006, Kay Sambell, Liz McDowell, Alistair Sambell, “Supporting diverse students: developing learner autonomy via assessment”, in Cordelia Bryan, Karen Clegg, editors, Innovative Assessment in Higher...
    Synonyms:
    check box, tick box

Noun (2)

ticky box (plural ticky boxes)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A payphone; Alternative spelling of tickey box.
    • They were trying to figure out how to call long distance from the ticky box.2008, Paula Nangle, The Leper Compound, Bellevue Literary Press, →ISBN, page 96

Questions about ticky boxes

What is ticky boxes the plural of?
Ticky boxes is the plural of ticky box.

Words near ticky boxes in the dictionary

  1. ticktocking
  2. ticktocks
  3. tickwood
  4. ticky
  5. ticky box
  6. ticky boxes
  7. ticky tacky
  8. ticky-box
  9. ticky-boxes
  10. ticky-tack
  11. ticky-tacky

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