tic
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tic (plural tics)
- (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).
- (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.
- (abbreviation, informal) ticket
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local and habitual convulsive motion
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Verb edit
tic (third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced)
- (intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.
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tic
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tic m (plural tics)
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- “tic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “tic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
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tic m (plural tics)
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- “tic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
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tic m (invariable)
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- ^ tic in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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tic
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of ticēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of ticēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of ticēt
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tic n (plural ticuri)
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Declension of tic
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tic m (plural tics)
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- “tic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tic. Attested since 1885.
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tic n
- (neurology, chiefly in the plural) a tic
- (colloquial, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) (unreasonable) compulsory behavior, a tic
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Nominative | tic | ticet | tics | ticsen |
Genitive | tics | ticets | tics | ticsens |