- any involuntary, regularly repeated, spasmodic contraction of a muscle, generally caused by some type of disorder of the nervous system
- tic douloureux
Origin of tic
French from uncertain or unknown; perhapstic
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tic
noun
- A repetitive, rapid, sudden muscular movement or vocalization, usually experienced as involuntary or semivoluntary.
- A quirk or habit of behavior or language: common phrases that have become verbal tics.
intransitive verb
ticced, tic·cing, ticsTo have a tic; produce tics: factors that affect the frequency of ticcing.
Origin of tic
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Noun
(plural tics)
- A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.
- Shortened form of ticket
Verb
(third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced)
- (intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.
Origin
From French tic
Initialism
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tic - Computer Definition
(Token Ring Interface Card) A TLA for a Token Ring NIC (network interface card).
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tic - Medical Definition
n.
- A repetitive, rapid, sudden muscular movement or vocalization, usually experienced as involuntary or semivoluntary.
- A quirk or habit of behavior or language: common phrases that have become verbal tics.
v.
ticced ticcing ticsTo have a tic; produce tics: factors that affect the frequency of ticcing.
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