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tig
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- tyg
Noun
tig (plural tigs)
- (historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Etymology 2
Noun
tig (uncountable)
- (Ireland) The children's game of tag.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
- One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
Anagrams
- GTi, IGT, git
Cebuano
Etymology
From tig-.
Noun
tig
- (often humorous, derogatory) a gofer; a worker who runs errands
Dutch
Etymology
From the suffix -tig used to form multiples of ten.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?x
Determiner
tig
- (informal) tens, dozens, lots
- Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!
- I can think of dozens of reasons why this is wrong!
- Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French tigre (“tiger”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti?/
Noun
tig
- tiger
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).
Verb
tig
- Alternative form of tagann, the present indicative analytic of tar
Usage notes
The form tig is especially common in tar le (“be able”).
Etymology 2
Variant form of tuig.
Verb
tig (present analytic tigeann, future analytic tigfidh, verbal noun tiscint, past participle tigthe)
- Cois Fharraige form of tuig (“to understand”)
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Pronunciation spelling based on the fact that word-final -igh and -ig are pronounced the same in Munster.
Noun
tig m
- Munster spelling of tigh (“house”)
Mutation
Livonian
Etymology
Related to Estonian tige.
Adjective
tig
- angry
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?i??/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Alternative forms
- taig
Noun
tig n
- dative singular of tech
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
tig
- genitive singular masculine/neuter of tiug
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic
Verb
tig
- future of thig
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i??
Verb
tig
- imperative of tiga.
tig From the web:
- what tigers eat
- what tightens skin
- what tiger
- what tigers are extinct
- what tightens the virgina
- what tightens skin naturally
- what tigers are endangered
- what tightens skin on face
tic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French tic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
- Homophone: tick
Noun
tic (plural tics)
- A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
- (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
- (abbreviation, informal) ticket
Translations
Verb
tic (third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced)
- (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
- work
Italian
Noun
tic m (invariable)
- tic, twitch
Latvian
Verb
tic
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of tic?t
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of tic?t
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of tic?t
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of tic?t
Spanish
Noun
tic m (plural tics)
- tic (movement)
- tick (written mark)
- tick (sound)
Related terms
- tictac/tic-tac
- tictaquear
tic From the web:
- what ticks carry lyme disease
- what tick causes lyme disease
- what ticks look like
- what ticks are dangerous
- what tick bites look like
- what ticks carry disease
- what tick causes alpha gal
- what ticket number is pa unemployment on
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