tic
UK/tɪk/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
New Zealand/tək/
tic noun: a sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. Also the clipping of ticket.
Noun (1)
tic (plural tics)
- A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
- 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).2020, Andrea E. Cavanna, Pharmacological Treatment of Tics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9
- Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
- 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...2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian
Verb
tic (third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced)
- To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.
- 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.2020, Andrea E. Cavanna, Pharmacological Treatment of Tics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9
Noun (2) capitalized: TIC
TIC (countable and uncountable, plural TICs)
- Initialism of tourist information centre.
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- Initialism of offence to be taken into consideration.
- TICs must be admitted by a defendant in addition to the crimes for which they have been convicted.
- Initialism of translocon on inner chloroplast membrane.
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Also used as
tic is also the clipping of ticket.
tic meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
tic in Marathi
- टी. आय. सी
tic in Urdu
- local and habitual convulsive motion
- حرکی harki
tic in Bengali
- টি. আই. সি
tic in Telugu
- టి. ఐ. సి
More languagesFewer languages
- tic in Kannada
- ಟಿ. ಐ. ಸಿ
- tic in Gujarati
- ટી. આઈ. સી
- tic in Odia
- ଟି. ଆଇ. ସି
Examples of tic in a sentence
- Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.
- Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.
- On the inner side they help form, with the supraoccipital and proötics, the otic capsule.
Forms of tic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tics |
| plural | TICs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tics |
| present participle | ticcing |
| past participle | ticced |
| past | ticced |
Origin of tic
Borrowed from French tic.
Clipping of ticket.
Words formed from tic
Phrases with tic
Words that rhyme with tic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- squick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about tic
- What does tic mean?
- Tic means a sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
- What is tic in Marathi?
- Tic in Marathi is टी. आय. सी. See Tic meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is tic?
- Tic can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tic?
- Tic is pronounced /tɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tic?
- The plural of tic is tics.
Words near tic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tic (page history and authors); TIC (page history and authors); tic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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