'Tic' definitions:
Definition of 'tic'
(from WordNet)
noun
A local and habitual twitching especially in the face
Definition of 'Tic'
From: GCIDE
- Tic \Tic\, n. [F.] (Med.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- Tic douloureux. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- agitation,
- alienation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- apprehensiveness,
- attack of nerves,
- bob,
- bobble,
- bounce,
- buck fever,
- bump,
- case of nerves,
- catatonic stupor,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- didder,
- dither,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- euphoria,
- excessive irritability,
- falter,
- fascination,
- fear,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- folie du doute,
- grimace,
- hang-up,
- hypercathexis,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- idee fixe,
- indifference,
- insensibility,
- irresistible impulse,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- lethargy,
- mania,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- monomania,
- morbid drive,
- morbid excitability,
- nerves,
- nervosity,
- nervous stomach,
- nervousness,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- panic,
- panickiness,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- possession,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- rictus,
- ruling passion,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shudder,
- spell of nerves,
- stage fright,
- state of nerves,
- stupor,
- tremble,
- tremor,
- trepidation,
- twitch,
- twitching,
- twitter,
- uneasiness,
- unresponsiveness,
- vellication,
- withdrawal,
- wobble