tic

See also: TIC

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Homophone: tick

Noun

tic (plural tics)

1. A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
2. (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
   • 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys’ poignant boyhood in primary school.

3. (abbreviation, informal) ticket

Translations

local and habitual convulsive motion

• Catalan: tic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抽搐 (zh) (chōuchù)

• Dutch: tic (nl) m
• Finnish: nykimisoire
• French: tic (fr) m
• German: Tic (de) m, Zucken (de) n, nervöses Zucken n
• Japanese: チック (chikku)

• Macedonian: тик m (tik)
• Polish: tik (pl)
• Portuguese: tique (pt), cacoete (pt)
• Russian: тик (ru) m (tik), не́рвный тик m (nérvnyj tik), подёргивание (ru) n (podjórgivanije)
• Spanish: tic m
• Swedish: ryckning (sv)

Verb

tic (third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced)

1. (intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.

Translations

to undergo a muscle movement

• Maori: timu, tumu

See also

• tic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ICT, TCI, cit, cit.

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Acholi

Noun

tic

1. work

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Italian

Noun

tic m (invariable)

1. tic, twitch

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Latvian

Verb

tic

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of ticēt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of ticēt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of ticēt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of ticēt

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Spanish

Noun

tic m (plural tics)

1. tick, tic (movement)
2. tick (written mark)
3. tick (sound)

Related terms

• tictac/tic-tac
• tictaquear