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Twitching

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who or that which twitches; especially, an involuntary convulsive jerking of the muscles, etc. See twitch, n., 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. compulsive bird watching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species
  • verb. Present participle of twitch.
  • adjective. That twitches.
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  • noun. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
  • Word Usage
    "We can’t see them, except for a bit of net curtain twitching from the caravans, and the odd small cluster of garishly dressed ginger-headed teenagers who walk around us in circles, then stand out of earshot to make obvious mobile phone calls."
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