twitch

[twitch]

Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

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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.

Noun
a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

Verb
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"

Verb
move or pull with a sudden motion

Verb
squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

Verb
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient''s legs were jerkings"

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

v. t.
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.

n.
The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.

n.
A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.

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.

Twitch

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.

Twitch

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.

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.

The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.

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