ticky box
See also: ticky-box
English
Alternative forms
Noun
ticky box (plural ticky boxes)
- (informal) A blank square on a form in which a check mark or cross may be placed in order to indicate a selection.
- 2006, Kay Sambell, Liz McDowell, and Alistair Sambell, "Supporting diverse students: developing learner autonomy via assessment", in Innovative Assessment in Higher Education (eds. Cordelia Bryan and Karen Clegg), Routledge (2006), →ISBN, page 164:
- 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, and Alistair Sambell, "Supporting diverse students: developing learner autonomy via assessment", in Innovative Assessment in Higher Education (eds. Cordelia Bryan and Karen Clegg), Routledge (2006), →ISBN, page 164:
Noun
ticky box (plural ticky boxes)
- (South Africa, slang) A payphone; Alternative spelling of tickey box
- 2008, Paula Nangle, The Leper Compound, Bellevue Literary Press (2008), →ISBN, page 96:
- They were trying to figure out how to call long distance from the ticky box.
- 2008, Paula Nangle, The Leper Compound, Bellevue Literary Press (2008), →ISBN, page 96:
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