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Tics

/tɪks/

A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.

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noun

1
A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
2
(by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
3
(abbreviation) ticket

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tics"

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ictnoun	(uncountable, electronics, communication) Initialism of Information and Communications Technology.
ictsnoun	—
servicenoun	An act of being of assistance to someone.
spasmsnoun	A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
ticks	"Ticks" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley.
twitchesnoun	A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
coprolalianoun	(psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
affectationsnoun	An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
hypotonianoun	(medicine) An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
mannerismsnoun	A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
stammeringnoun	The act of one who stammers.
neurosesnoun	(dated, pathology; current in psychology and philosophy) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.
echolalianoun	(clinical psychology, autism) The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
essential tremornoun	(medicine, chiefly uncountable) A neurological condition that causes rhythmic shaking of unknown cause in one or more parts of the body during voluntary movements.
apraxianoun	(neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.
clumsinessnoun	A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
melodramaticsnoun	Overemotional, exaggerated behavior calculated for effect.
hypochondriasisnoun	(medicine) A mental disorder (in some classifications of such disorders, including ICD-11) that is characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary.
catatonianoun	A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
phobiasnoun	An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).