Definition of tics Tics
/tɪˈks/ - [tiks] -
We found 3 definitions of tics from 2 different sources.
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What does tics mean?
Wiktionary 
- tics (Noun)
Plural of tic.
Part of speech
🔤- tics, noun, plural of tic.
WordNet
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| tic - a local and habitual twitching especially in the face |
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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 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 📕
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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.]
Part of speech
🔤- tic, noun, singular of tics.
