tic
tics
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pluralof tic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Pat’s knack for analyzing the tics of others does prove a useful tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
That’s one of the tics that comes up in his legal writings and in his posture toward everybody all the time.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Users complained about the model being oddly overfamiliar in conversation, which prompted an investigation into specific verbal tics," the company wrote in its blog post on Thursday.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
What is more natural than the tics and habits of one’s close relatives?
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
