Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tice

/taɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: tice
IPA: /taɪs/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.

Dated

noun

A ball left at a hittable but difficult distance or position, to lure the opponent into a mistake.

verb

To entice (someone).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Bowlers should practise both toss and tice."
"The tice is almost a full pitch. If you have a long reach, go in and play forward; if not, however, keep your bat down, and block it."
"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; […] ."
"VVhat ſtrong enchantments tice my yeelding ſoule […]"
"Have I not reaſon, think you, to look pale? / These tvvo have ’ticed me hither to this place: […]"

Etymology

Possibly from entice, as below, suggesting the bowler's purpose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tices (plural) tices (present, singular) ticing (participle, present) ticed (participle, past) ticed (past)

Synonyms

yorker

Rhymes With

nice price ice advice twice vice device rice precise mice slice spice

Questions

How do you pronounce tice?: The recorded pronunciation is /taɪs/.
What does tice mean?: A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.
Where does tice come from?: Possibly from entice, as below, suggesting the bowler's purpose.

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