0 a sudden and uncontrolled small movement, especially of the face, especially because of a nervous illness
1 to have sudden and uncontrolled small movements, especially of the face, often because of a nervous illness:
2 a sudden, small, uncontrollable movement, esp. of the face:
3 abbreviation for true interest cost
He tuned into a talkshow on which a professor described a boy who compulsively ticced and joked. "That's me!" Pelle shouted.
One day, when he was ticcing and chattering away, his crazy commentary caught the attention of a producer from the local radio station.
Our son has been ticcing for the last 4 months now, he nods his head up and down and sometimes he'll wave his arms.
Clearly, this research is only a first step in establishing an association between genderlinked behavior and tic disorders.
This might be even truer for evaluation of tics.
