Told, rushed back and ticked off (8)
I believe the answer is:
narrated
'told' is the definition.
('narrate' can be a synonym of 'tell')
'rushed back and ticked off' is the wordplay.
'rushed' becomes 'ran'.
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'ticked off' becomes 'rated' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ran' reversed gives 'nar'.
'nar'+'rated'='NARRATED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for narrated that I've seen before include "Recounted, recited" , "Related" , "Provided commentary" , "Told a story, gave an account of" , "told a tale" .)