About The Word Twitch
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Twitch
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What's The Definition Of Twitch?
[n] a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
[v] make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" [v] move or pull with a sudden motion [v] squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [v] move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings" [v] toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air Synonyms | Synonyms for Twitch: flip | jerk | jerk | nip | pinch | squeeze | tweet | twinge | twitching | vellication Related Terms | Find terms related to Twitch: See Also | blepharism | cramp | draw | fasciculation | fibrillate | fibrillation | force | grip | move | move involuntarily | move reflexively | muscle spasm | pull | skitter | spasm | tic | tweak Twitch In Webster's Dictionary \Twitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twitching}.] [OE. twicchen, fr. (doubtful) AS. twiccian;
akin to AS. angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a
hook twitcher, LG. twikken to tweak, G. zwicken. Cf.
{Tweak}.]
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick
motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch
a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of
grapes.
Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. --Pope.
\Twitch\, n. 1. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve. 2. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side. 3. (Far.) 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. --J. H. Walsh. |
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