tic : Idioms & Phrases
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Tic douloureux
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noun intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve
trigeminal neuralgia.
WordNet
F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching +douloureux painful.(Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See underFace .
Webster 1913
tic-tac-toe
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noun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
noughts and crosses; ticktacktoe; tick-tack-toe; ticktacktoo; tit-tat-toe.