What does Tic mean?
Definitions for Tic
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Princeton's WordNet
ticnoun
a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
Wiktionary
ticnoun
A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.
ticnoun
Shortened form of ticket
ticverb
To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.
Wikipedia
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).
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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
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
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
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Tic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Tic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Tic in a Sentence
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.
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.
Right now, the Russians are playing chess in the Arctic and our Administration still seems to think it’s tic-tac-toe.
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.
It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face ... was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime ...
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- ticCatalan, Valencian
- Zucken, TicGerman
- ticEsperanto
- ticSpanish
- nykimisoireFinnish
- ticFrench
- チックJapanese
- тикMacedonian
- ticDutch
- tiquePortuguese
- тик, нервный тик, подёргиваниеRussian
- ticSwedish
- நடுக்கTamil
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