intransitive verb. To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk.

intransitive verb. To move jerkily or spasmodically.

intransitive verb. To ache sharply from time to time; twinge.

noun. A sudden involuntary or spasmodic muscular movement.

noun. A sudden pulling; a tug.

noun. A sudden, sharp pain.

noun. The quitch or quitch-grass, Agropyrum repens.

To pull or draw with a hasty jerk; snatch; jerk away.

To give a short, sudden pull or tug at; jerk at; cause to move quickly or spasmodically.

To nip; squeeze; make fast; tie tightly.

To be suddenly jerked; move or contract quickly or spasmodically, as a muscle.

To carp; sneer; make flings. Compare jerk, intransitive verb, 2.

A dialectal variant of touch.

noun. A short, sharp pull or tug; a jerk or snatch.

noun. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers of muscles; a stitch; a twinge: as, a twitch in the side; convulsive twitches; especially, such a movement when causing pain: sometimes applied to moral pangs.

noun. A pair of nippers or tweezers.

noun. A noose attached to a stock or handle and twisted around the upper lip of a horse so as to bring him under command when shoeing or clipping: an instrument used for holding a vicious horse.

noun. In mining, a sudden narrowing of a vein so that the walls come nearly or quite together.

noun. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull.

noun. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction.

noun. A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.

transitive verb. To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch.

noun. couch grass, a species of grass, often considered as a weed.

noun. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

noun. Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.

noun. A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

verb. To perform a twitch; spasm.

verb. To jerk sharply and briefly.

verb. To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.

verb. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

noun. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

verb. move or pull with a sudden motion

verb. move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions

verb. squeeze tightly between the fingers

verb. make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

"I've had a good life. * twitches a little* And now, now I get to finally see Silicon Heaven. * twitch twitch* Silicon Heaven IS real!"