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ticcing

ticcing is the present participle and gerund of tic.

Meaning of tic

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.
    • 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

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Questions about ticcing

What is ticcing the present participle and gerund of?
Ticcing is the present participle and gerund of tic.

Words near ticcing in the dictionary

  1. ticats
  2. ticca
  3. ticced
  4. ticcer
  5. ticcers
  6. ticcing
  7. ticcy
  8. tice
  9. ticed
  10. Ticehurst
  11. Ticehursts

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