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ticky box

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ticky box¹

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From ticky (“a tick mark”) + box.

noun ticky boxes · ticky-box

  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.

    Similar: check box, tick box

ticky box²

Where it comes from

From tickey (“South African threepenny coin”) + box.

noun ticky boxes · ticky-box

  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.

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@misc{ticky_box_2026,
  title = {ticky box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ticky%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}