tic
IPA: tˈɪk
noun
- (neurology) A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
- (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
- (abbreviation, informal) ticket
- (finance) Total invested capital.
- Initialism of tourist information centre.
- (law) Initialism of tenancy in common. [(law) A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which each owner has a distinct, separately transferable interest which does not pass to the other owner or owners upon death.]
- (countable, UK, criminal law, law enforcement) Initialism of offence to be taken into consideration. [(UK, criminal law, law enforcement) An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a full conviction.]
- (cytology) Initialism of translocon on inner chloroplast membrane.
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.
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