Twitch

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  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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!"
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fitch  Ich  Mich  Mitch  Rich  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flick  flicker  flutter  gasp  grimace  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ache  acute pain  agonize  ail  anguish  
    verb-form