Tic Definition

tĭk
tics
noun
Any involuntary, regularly repeated, spasmodic contraction of a muscle, generally caused by some type of disorder of the nervous system.
Webster's New World

Tic douloureux.

Webster's New World
A quirk or habit of behavior or language.
Common phrases that have become verbal tics.
American Heritage Medicine

Shortened form of ticket.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To have a tic; produce tics.
Factors that affect the frequency of ticcing.
American Heritage Medicine
(intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.
Wiktionary
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abbreviation

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Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Tic

Noun

Singular:
tic
Plural:
tics

Origin of Tic

  • From French tic

    From Wiktionary

  • French

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tic Sentence Examples

  • Shakey Jake, named for a nervous tic, looked less nervous than he should have for someone facing heavy time.

  • I thought the commentator had some kind of weird facial tic at first.

  • Either two sounds are confused under one symbol, or these records represent a dialect which, like Hebrew and Assyrian, shows sh, z, and c, where the ordinary Aramaic representation is t, d, and t, the Arabic tic, dh, and th.

  • The forms in which neuralgia most commonly shows itself are facial neuralgia or tic douloureux, migraine (hemicrania or brow ague), intercostal neuralgia and sciatica.

  • The TiC STi Shift Linkage bushings replace the soft rubber bushings in the actual shift linkage joint.

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Words Starting With

TTITIC

Words Ending With

CICTIC

Unscrambles

tic

Words Starting With T and Ending With C

Starts With T & Ends With CStarts With TI & Ends With CStarts With T & Ends With IC

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With T3 Letter Words Ending With C