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語源 1

ticky (“a tick mark”) +‎ box. (This etymology is missing または incomplete. Please add to it, または discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Or could be forming an informal adjective tick + -y?”)

名詞

ticky box (複数形 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.
   • 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 かつ 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.

同意語

• check box
• tick box

語源 2

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

名詞

ticky box (複数形 ticky boxes)

1. (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.