tic
To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.
Noun medicine, neurology
- A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
- Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by multiple tics. A tic is a sudden, rapid, repetitive, non-rhythmic movement (e.g. eye blinking) or vocalization (e.g. throat clearing). - 2020, Andrea...
- Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
- Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original...
Origin
Etymology tree French ticbor. English tic Borrowed from French tic.
Forms
Derived
Noun abbreviation, alt of
- Clipping of ticket.
Origin
Clipping of ticket.
Forms
Related
Derived
Verb
- To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.
- Patients often describe the need to tic as the mounting of inner tension, localized either to the body region where the tic is about to occur or throughout the body. - 2020, Andrea E. Cavanna, Pharmacological Treatment...