tics
/tɪks/
tics is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tic.
tics is the plural of tic.
Meaning of tic
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 capitalized: TICs
TICs
- plural of TIC
Phrases with tics
Words that rhyme with tics
Questions about tics
- What is tics the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Tics is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tic.
- What part of speech is tics?
- Tics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tics?
- Tics is pronounced /tɪks/.
Words near tics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tics (page history and authors); TICs (page history and authors); tic (page history and authors). 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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