twitch

twitch
v
1. tug, pull, yank, pluck, vellicate, snatch; joggle, jolt, hitch, jar, jiggle, jounce, bounce; shake, agitate, churn; pinch, bite, nip, tweak, twist, wrench.
2. jerk, jump, move spasmodically; quiver, quaver, shiver, wriggle, wiggle, squirm.
3. hurt, pain, ache, twinge, smart, sting, gripe; tingle, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat.
n
4. tic, spasm, vellication, contraction; quiver, quaver, shake, tremor; throb, palpitation, pulsation; throe, paroxysm, convulsion.
5. pull, tug, jerk, yank; tweak, pinch, nip, twist, wrench.
6. ache, pain, twinge, pang, stab, lancination.

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  • twitch´er — twitch «twihch», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to move with a quick jerk: »The child s mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 2. to pull with a sudden tug or jerk; pull (at): »She twitched the curtain aside. –n. 1. a slight, involuntary… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • twitch|y — «TWIHCH ee», adjective. 1. having a tendency to twitch; jerky: »Faces peculiarly swollen, and twitchy about the nose (Dickens). 2. Figurative. nervous; fidgety; irritable: »He was getting twitchy now…before a dog race (New Yorker …   Useful english dictionary

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