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 --
This might be even truer for evaluation of tics.
Clearly, this research is only a first step in establishing an association between genderlinked behavior and tic disorders.
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.
One day, when he was ticcing and chattering away, his crazy commentary caught the attention of a producer from the local radio station.
He tuned into a talkshow on which a professor described a boy who compulsively ticced and joked. "That's me!" Pelle shouted.