different between lunchbox vs tic

English

Alternative forms

• lunch box

Etymology

lunch +? box

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lunch?box

Noun

lunchbox (plural lunchboxes)

1. A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
2. (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
3. (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
4. (Asia) A lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat.
5. (computing, slang) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
   • 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 17, 11 October 1988, page 93)

     You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.

   • 2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops (page 20)

     The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.

6. (slang) A simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
7. A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur.

Synonyms

• (container for transporting meals): lunch pail (US), bento box
• (person or thing at one's side): sidekick
• (male genitals enclosed in clothing): basket (US), packet, package

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?k/
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophone: tick

Noun

tic (plural tics)

1. A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
2. (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
3. (abbreviation, informal) ticket

Translations

Verb

tic (third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced)

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

Translations

See also

• tic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CTI, ICT, TCI, cit, cit.

Acholi

Noun

tic

1. work

Italian

Noun

tic m (invariable)

1. tic, twitch

Latvian

Verb

tic

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of tic?t
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of tic?t
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of tic?t
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of tic?t

Spanish

Noun

tic m (plural tics)

1. tic (movement)
2. tick (written mark)
3. tick (sound)

Related terms

• tictac/tic-tac
• tictaquear