tic
(noun) a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tic (plural tics)
A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
(by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
(abbreviation, informal) ticket
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 (countable and uncountable, plural TICs)
Initialism of tourist information centre.
(law) Initialism of tenancy in common.
(finance) Total invested capital.
(UK, legal) Initialism of (an additional offence) taken into consideration.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tic, n. Etym: [F.] (Med.)
Definition: A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic. Dunglison. Tic douloureux (. Etym: [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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