tintin, n.m., jingling, tinkling (of bells, glasses).
tintouin, n.m., tingling (in one’s ear); noise, hubbub; anxiety, uneasiness, trouble. Avoir du —; to be upon thorns, to be in trouble.
tique, n.f., (ent.) tick. — ricin; wood-tick, dog-tick.
tiquer, v.n., (of horses) to be vicious.
tiqueté, -e (tik-té), adj., variegated, speckled, spotted.
tiqueture, n.f., spottedness, spots, speckles; variegation.
tiqueu-r, -se, adj., crib-biting (of horses). n.m., crib-biter.
tir, n.m., shooting, firing, fire; shooting-gallery, shooting-ground. — en écharpe; flank-fire, rifle-range, range. — à la cible; target-firing. Chasse au —; (hunt.) shooting. Justesse du —; trueness of the aim. Avoir un — infaillible; to have au unerring aim, to be a deadly shot.
tirade, n.f., tirade; (mus., thea.) tirade; passage (of prose or verse). Tout d’une —; all in one speech or breath, or at one stretch.
tirage, n.m., draught; towing (of boats); towing-path; drawing (of a lottery); (print.) working, working off, pulling, printing; winding-off (of silk); (fig.) difficulty, obstacle. — au sort; drawing lots, balloting. Le — d’une cheminée; the draught of a chimney.