Definitions for TICtɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tictɪk(n.)
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
Category: Pathology
Ref: tic douloureux.
a persistent behavioral trait; personal quirk.
Origin of tic:
1790–1800; < F (of expressive orig.)
-tic
a suffix, equivalent in meaning to
-sis: neurotic; systaltic.
Category: Affix
Ref: -ic 1
Origin of -tic:
< Gk -tikos, extracted from adjs. derived with -ikos -ic from agent nouns ending in -tēs; cf. athlete and athletic
Princeton's WordNet
tic(noun)
a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
Wiktionary
tic(Noun)
A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.
tic(Noun)
Shortened form of ticket
tic(Verb)
To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.
Webster Dictionary
Tic(noun)
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
Translations for TIC
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
tic(noun)
a nervous, involuntary movement or twitch of a muscle, especially of the face
She has a nervous tic below her left eye.
- spiertrekking, gewoontetjieAfrikaans
- تَشَنُّج عَضَليArabic
- тикBulgarian
- tiquePortuguese (BR)
- tikCzech
- nervöses MuskelzuckenGerman
- trækningDanish
- νευρική κίνηση, τικGreek
- ticSpanish
- tõmblusEstonian
- تیکFarsi
- elohiiriFinnish
- ticFrench
- עֲווִיתHebrew
- पेशी संचुकन, पेशीHindi
- grčevito trzanje, trzanje mišićaCroatian
- arcrángásHungarian
- denyutanIndonesian
- vöðvakippurIcelandic
- ticItalian
- 顔面けいれんJapanese
- (얼굴 등의) 경련Korean
- tikasLithuanian
- tiksLatvian
- gerenyetMalay
- zenuwtrekjeDutch
- nervøs trekning, leamusNorwegian
- tikPolish
- tiquePortuguese
- tic (nervos)Romanian
- тикRussian
- tikSlovak
- tikSlovenian
- tikSerbian
- tic, nervös ryckningSwedish
- ตะคริวที่ใบหน้าThai
- tikTurkish
- 痙攣，抽搐，局部的抽筋Chinese (Trad.)
- тикUkrainian
- عضلات کا سکڑناUrdu
- tật máy giật (thi thoảng cơ mặt lại bị giật)Vietnamese
- 痉挛，抽搐，局部的抽筋Chinese (Simp.)
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