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Tic

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noun. A habitual spasmodic muscular movement or contraction, usually of the face or extremities.

intransitive verb. To have a tic; produce tics.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A habitual spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, especially of the face; twitching; vellication: especially applied to tic-douloureux, or facial neuralgia. See tic-douloureux.

noun. An African beefeater or ox-pecker; an ox-bird. See cuts under Buphaga and Textor.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. 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.

noun. Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.

noun. Shortened form of ticket

verb. To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

Word Usage

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cross-reference

convulsive tic diaphragmatic tic motor tic nodding tic psychic tic

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

twitch twitching vellication

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Crick Dick Frick Hick Mick

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

snick toc

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

abstraction abulia agitation alienation anxiety

variant

spasmodic tic