Meanings
adjectivetickable (not comparable)
- not comparableThat can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.
tickable boxes in a questionnaire
- not comparablebiologyOf a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
- not comparablebiologyOf 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 - not comparablecomputingOf 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 可打鉤的 /可打钩的
- 可打鉤的 /可打钩的 (kě dǎgōu de)that can be ticked
Finnish täytettävä, ruksattava
- täytettäväthat can be ticked
- ruksattavathat can be ticked
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tickable
applicableclickabledespicableinextricablelickablebrickableflickablekickablenickablenonclickablenonpickablepickablestickabletrickableunbrickableunclickableunkickableunlickableunpickableuntrickablewickable
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tickable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickable
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“tickable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tickable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickable.
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