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tic

[tik] / tɪk /
NOUN
spasm
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And while I’d like to blame it as a tic of foreign sports, we have plenty of replay ridiculousness in our house, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Actors in the production lip-sync the actual audio, reproducing every hesitation, interruption and verbal tic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Not because of anything dramatic, not because of some special flaw within you, but because you are guilty of the most common tic in how humans navigate existence—turning others into objects.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026

Accompanying that rage was a fresh explosion of ignorance about Tourette syndrome, the condition that caused Davidson to tic involuntarily throughout last Sunday’s ceremony.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

He has been seeing Peter for years, and he speaks of his condition not with condescension or detachment but matter-of-factly, as if describing a minor character tic.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Is it difficult to take what seems, on the page, maybe like tics or weird habits and make them feel natural?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Tourette syndrome is a neurological condition that causes people to make involuntary sounds or movements, known as tics.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Everyone John meets in “I Swear” is either aghast by his tics or accepts them without struggle.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

I wondered how many different tics he had.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling




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