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Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: circa 1688 1. marked with ticks ; flecked 2. having or made of hair banded with two or more colors <a ticked cat> <a ticked coat> II. adjective Etymology: tick off Date: circa 1959 angry, upset

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tick Tick, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer.