Definition of tic Tic

/tɪˈk/ - [tik] - tic

We found 7 definitions of tic from 5 different sources.

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What does tic mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: tics

tic - a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • 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 DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tic (n.)
    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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 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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  • tic, noun, singular of tics.

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