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tic
1[tik]
noun
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
a persistent or recurrent behavioral trait; personal quirk.
her distinctive verbal tics.
-tic
2a suffix, equivalent in meaning to -ic, occurring in adjectives of Greek origin (analytic ), used especially in the formation of adjectives from nouns with stems in -sis: hematotic; neurotic.
tic
/ ɪ /
noun
spasmodic twitching of a particular group of muscles
See tic douloureux
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tic1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tic1
Example Sentences
Jessica was still living and working in the same area as her mum brought her anxiety and she lived with a tic, which a doctor told her had been triggered by trauma.
Sometimes, my tics would be unshakeable right up until the moment they said, 'On your marks'.
Chris used to have a grim, distinctive tic of executing his enemies in the head; now, the climactic battle is just a spray of bullets.
One aggravating visual tic is that most of the male characters are photocopies of each other, a stack of handsome men with sandy brown goatees.
At that point, Mike Myers bursts into the Oval Office as a ball of weird tics meant to represent Musk.
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