tickable

English

Etymology

tick +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪkəbəl/

Adjective

tickable (not comparable)

1. That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.

   tickable boxes in a questionnaire

2. (birdwatching) Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
3. (birdwatching) Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.
   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 109:

     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.

4. (programming, PHP) Of a program instruction: counted for the purpose of generating periodic signals every few instructions.
   • 2017, Branko Ajzele, Mastering PHP 7, page 143:

     A tick is an event that occurs for every N low-level tickable statements executed by the parser within the declare block.

Translations

that can be ticked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可打鉤的／可打钩的 (kě dǎgōu de)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: täytettävä, ruksattava

Anagrams

• black tie, black-tie