Citations:ticky box

Noun: "a blank square on a form in which a check mark or cross may be placed in order to indicate a selection"

 * 2003 — Bethan Marshall, "Why is Shakespeare being dumbed down?", The Independent, 13 February 2003:
 * And I do not want any falsely trendy, parsimonious, ticky box examination system to get between pupils and their opportunity to engage with the great dramatist.
 * 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 0415356415, 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.
 * 2009 — Ian McDonald, "Vishnu at the Cat Circus", in Cyberabad Days, Gollancz (2009), ISBN 9780575084070, page 256:
 * Way down the list of ticky boxes on Dr Rao's shopping list was one I suspect Lakshmi's parents had fielded blindly.
 * 2009 — Leigh Keeble, Brian D. Loader, & Michael Hardey, "Partnership in assessment? A case study of integrated information sharing", in Digital Welfare for the Third Age: Heath and Social Care Informatics for Older People (eds. Brian D. Loader, Michael Hardey, & Leigh Keeble), Routledge (2009), ISBN 0415454085, page 32:
 * First, the social workers regarded the process of inputting data as akin to 'clinical' box ticking or what several described as the 'ticky box syndrome'.
 * 2010 — Stephen Dobie, "Ferrari 458 supercar priced", Evo, 19 January 2010:
 * More intriguing, though, is some of the options that reside on the 458’s ticky box list.
 * 2010 — Mieka Smiles, "WHAT do men do on a day off? The mystery has became [sic] slightly clearer to me recently", The Journal, 8 June 2008:
 * I had written him a checklist – complete with ticky boxes – of the tasks I wanted completing... [sic]

Noun: "(South Africa, slang) a payphone; alternative spelling of tickey box"

 * 2001 — Donovan Russell, Right Before His Very Eyes: An Encounter with the Mysteries of Africa, Writer's Showcase (2001), ISBN 9780595189601:
 * Returning to town they stopped at a ticky box to phone Agatha.
 * 2008 — Paula Nangle, The Leper Compound, Bellevue Literary Press (2008), ISBN 9781934137062, page 96:
 * They were trying to figure out how to call long distance from the ticky box.