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tic /tɪk /noun1A habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face.In contrast, complex motor tics usually involve more muscle groups....- Others discovered that after months or years of treatment they developed uncontrollable muscle twitches or tics that were often irreversible, even after stopping the drugs.
- Other children get stomach aches, headaches, heart palpitations or muscle tics.
Synonyms twitch, spasm, jerk, convulsion, contraction, tremor, tremble 1.1An idiosyncratic and habitual feature of a person’s behaviour: they’ve developed a verbal tic which involves repeating odd bits of each other’s utterances...- As I watched, he started to display another characteristic tic - smiling and giving her a lazy wink.
- The actor's tics and idiosyncrasies are in full flower here.
- But what of other sports stars and their sporting tics, traits and peculiarities?
OriginEarly 19th century: from French, from Italian ticchio. Rhymesartic, brick, chick, click, crick, flick, hand-pick, hic, hick, kick, lick, mick, miskick, nick, pic, pick, quick, rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tick, trick, Vic, wick |