tic

noun

1. Initialism of tourist information centre.
2. Initialism of tenancy in common.
3. Initialism of total invested capital.
4. Initialism of offence to be taken into consideration.

   “TICs must be admitted by a defendant in addition to the crimes for which they have been convicted.”

5. Initialism of translocon on inner chloroplast membrane.
6. Initialism of thermal imaging camera.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree French ticbor. English tic Borrowed from French tic.

1. To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.

   “Patients often describe the need to tic as the mounting of inner tension, localized either to the body region where the tic is about to occur or throughout the body.”