Meaning

2 senses
  1. A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.

    Tic, Zucken, nervöses Zucken

    тикtik, не́рвный тикnérvnyj tik, подёргиваниеpodjórgivanije

  2. (broadly)Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.

More definitions
  • a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom never used to win at tic-tac-toe.

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  2. Tom never wins at tic-tac-toe.

    ruТом никогда не выигрывает в крестики-нолики.

    deTom gewinnt nie bei „Drei gewinnt“.

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  3. Tom has beaten me at tic-tac-toe more times than I'd like to admit.

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  4. A tic-tac-toe match is usually quick.

    ruИгра в крестики-нолики обычно быстрая.

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  5. It's a nervous tic.

    ruЭто нервный тик.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
local and habitual convulsive motion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
local and habitual convulsive motion:

Origin

Borrowed from French tic.

Borrowed from French tic.

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Forms

plural: tics
Singulartic
Pluraltics

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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