name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
tice
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/taɪs/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: T AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- 1870 July, The Wykehamist, Number 33, page 1, Raynor, though somewhat wild, obtained an extraordinary number of wickets for very few runs, his fast "tices" quite puzzling the Eton bats.
- 1911, Henry Charles Howard Suffolk and Berkshire (Earl of), Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo, The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games, Volume 1, page 452, A "yorker" (or "tice") pitches on, or within six inches of, the popping crease; [...] .
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noun
Meaning 5
A ball left at a hittable but difficult distance or position, to lure the opponent into a mistake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: croquet
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verb
Meaning 6
To entice (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
Etymology
Possibly from entice, as below, suggesting the bowler's purpose.
Aphetic form of entice.