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tic
noun as in spasm
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He reiterated the statements “I am not a politician” and “I am not a political advisor” so often that it seemed like a verbal tic.
He was asked if he worried that a tic might someday cause him to drop a ball.
In 2013, Der Spiegel pressed him on his condition: Der Spiegel: Has a ball ever slipped out of your hands because of a tic?
She seemed resolutely on message, quoting Ronald Reagan with such frequency that it almost bordered on being a verbal tic.
It's a telling tic that we often use "urban" as a synonym for "black."
But never mind; I cal'late this p'tic'lar pup won't bite; I've pulled his teeth, I guess.
Ornithoman′tic; Ornithoph′ilous, bird-fertilised; Or′nithopod, Ornithop′odous, having feet like a bird.
Periphras′tic, -al, containing or expressed by periphrasis or circumlocution.
Plethore′tic, Plethor′ic, -al, afflicted with plethora: superabundant: turgid.
Porismat′ic, -al; Poris′tic, -al, reducing a determinate problem to an indeterminate.
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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tic, such as: twitch, contraction, fit, and jerk.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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