What does TIC mean?

Definitions for TIC
tɪktic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ticnoun

    a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

Wiktionary

  1. ticnoun

    A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.

  2. ticnoun

    Shortened form of ticket

  3. ticverb

    To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.

Wikipedia

  1. Tic

    A tic is a sudden, repetitive, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization involving discrete muscle groups. Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching. Common motor and phonic tics are, respectively, eye blinking and throat clearing.Tics must be distinguished from movements of disorders such as chorea, dystonia and myoclonus; the compulsions of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and seizure activity; and movements exhibited in stereotypic movement disorder or among autistic people (also known as stimming).

ChatGPT

  1. tic

    A tic is a sudden, repetitive, non-rhythmic motor movement or vocalization involving discrete muscle groups. It can be either involuntary or semi-voluntary, often associated with conditions such as Tourette's syndrome. These can manifest as movements, sounds, or both. Examples include eye blinking, coughing, throat clearing, or facial twitching.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ticnoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Tic

    A tic is a sudden, repetitive, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization involving discrete muscle groups. Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching. Common motor and phonic tics are, respectively, eye blinking and throat clearing. Tics must be distinguished from movements of other movement disorders such as chorea, dystonia, myoclonus; movements exhibited in stereotypic movement disorder or some people with autism; and the compulsions of obsessive-compulsive disorder and seizure activity.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tic

    tik, n. a convulsive motion of certain muscles, esp. of the face.—n. Tic′-doul′oureux, painful convulsive motion of a nerve, usually in the face. [Fr. tic, a twitching; cf. Low Ger. tukken, to twitch.]

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  1. cit

  2. cit ICT

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TIC in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TIC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of TIC in a Sentence

  1. Carolyn Garver:

    Veterans do really well with equine-assisted activities. Same with at-risk youth. It gives them a lot of self-confidence. It gives autistic children a lot of self-confidence, too, it's also good for people that have motor disorders : cerebral palsy, tic disorders. I think it has a lot of ramifications for many different disabilities.

  2. John McNerney:

    You always know when Danny (D'Angelo) is coming. You hear him first (because of the Tic Tacs in his pocket) and then you smell him (because he uses way too much cologne!)

  3. Paul George:

    I thought it was tic-tac, those same contact plays down the stretch in the last three, four minutes weren’t called. I don’t know what is a foul and what isn’t a foul.

  4. Donald Trump:

    I’ve gotta use some tic tacs, just in case I start kissing her, you know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful -- I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.

  5. Dan Sullivan:

    Right now, the Russians are playing chess in the Arctic and our Administration still seems to think it’s tic-tac-toe.

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