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tices

tices is the plural of tice.

tices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tice.

Meaning of tice

Noun

tice (plural tices)

  1. (dated) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.
    • Bowlers should practise both toss and tice.1862, James Picroft, The Cricket-Field, Or The History and the Science of the Game of Cricket, page 120
    Synonyms:
    yorker
  2. (croquet) A ball left at a hittable but difficult distance or position, to lure the opponent into a mistake.

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Proper noun capitalized: Tices

Tices

  1. (plural) plural of Tice

Questions about tices

What is tices the plural of?
Tices is the plural of tice.
What part of speech is tices?
Tices is a proper noun.

Words near tices in the dictionary

  1. Ticehursts
  2. ticement
  3. ticements
  4. Ticer
  5. Ticers
  6. tices
  7. tich
  8. tich button
  9. tich buttons
  10. Tichborne
  11. Tichbornes

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