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tic

See also: TIC, Tic, and -tic

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French tic.

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Noun edit

tic (plural tics)

  1. (neurology) A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
    • 2020, Andrea E. Cavanna, Pharmacological Treatment of Tics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9:
      Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by multiple tics. A tic is a sudden, rapid, repetitive, non-rhythmic movement (e.g. eye blinking) or vocalization (e.g. throat clearing).
  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

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Verb edit

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.
    • 2020, Andrea E. Cavanna, Pharmacological Treatment of Tics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9:
      Patients often describe the need to tic as the mounting of inner tension, localized either to the body region where the tic is about to occur or throughout the body.

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Acholi edit

Noun edit

tic

  1. work

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tic m (plural tics)

  1. tic

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French edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tic m (plural tics)

  1. tic

Descendants edit

  • → English: tic
  • → German: Tic
  • → Portuguese: tique

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tic m (invariable)

  1. tic, twitch

References edit

  1. ^ tic in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latvian edit

Verb edit

tic

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of ticēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of ticēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of ticēt

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Noun edit

tic n (plural ticuri)

  1. Obsolete form of spic.

Declension edit

Declension of tic
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tic ticul (niște) ticuri ticurile
genitive/dative (unui) tic ticului (unor) ticuri ticurilor
vocative ticule ticurilor

References edit

  • tic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtik/ [ˈt̪ik]
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: tic

Noun edit

tic m (plural tics)

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

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French tic. Attested since 1885.

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tic n

  1. (neurology, chiefly in the plural) a tic
  2. (colloquial, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) (unreasonable) compulsory behavior, a tic

Declension edit

Declension of tic 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tic ticet tics ticsen
Genitive tics ticets tics ticsens

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