How to pronounce tics
“tics” pronunciation in American and British English
Listen to tics in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“tics” in real sentences
100 clips in the index · 2 American · 2 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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tics can be extremely distracting.
TED
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Sometimes it can increase tics.
The Diary Of A CEO
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[calm instrumental music] [letters clicking] Verbal tics.
WIRED
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all feel about >> tics, you know, Sure.
This Morning
Words that sound like “tics”
Words one sound away from tics — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tics”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tics. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.