tic : Idioms & Phrases


Tic douloureux

  • 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 under Face.
Webster 1913

tic-tac-toe

  • 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.
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