Twitch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk: I twitched my fishing line.
  • verb-intransitive. To move jerkily or spasmodically. See Synonyms at jerk1.
  • verb-intransitive. To ache sharply from time to time; twinge.
  • n. A sudden involuntary or spasmodic muscular movement: a twitch of the eye.
  • n. A sudden pulling; a tug: The fish gave my line a twitch.
  • n. A looped cord used to restrain a horse by tightening it around the animal's upper lip.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
  • n. Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To perform a twitch; spasm.
  • v. To jerk sharply and briefly.
  • v. To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
  • n. couch grass, a species of grass, often considered as a weed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch.
  • n. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull.
  • n. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A short, sharp pull or tug; a jerk or snatch.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A pair of nippers or tweezers.
  • n. 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.
  • n. In mining, a sudden narrowing of a vein so that the walls come nearly or quite together.
  • A dialectal variant of touch.
  • n. The quitch or quitch-grass, Agropyrum repens.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
  • n. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
  • v. move or pull with a sudden motion
  • v. move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
  • v. squeeze tightly between the fingers
  • v. make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
  • Verb Form
    twitched    twitches    twitching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move   
    Form
    twitched    twitching    atwitch   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    snatch    jerk    pull    pluck    quiver   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fitch    Ich    Mich    Mitch    Rich    Ritch    bewitch    bitch    ditch    enrich   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jerk    tremor    quiver    flicker    flutter    twinge    spasm    tug    gasp    shake