Twitch - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |twɪtʃ|  American pronunciation of the word twitch
Brit.  |twɪtʃ|  British pronunciation of the word twitch

noun

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

verb

- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion (syn: jerk)
his face is twitching
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions (syn: jerk)
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air (syn: flip)
- squeeze tightly between the fingers (syn: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge)
- move or pull with a sudden motion

Extra examples

Her mouth was twitching as she began to cry.

The rabbit twitched its ears.

She twitched him by the sleeve.

His face twitched with emotion.

He felt a twitch at his pocket.

I must twitch and do my land for wheat.

His mouth twitched slightly, and then he smiled.

He twitched his eyebrows.

Sarah twitched the reins, and we moved off.

There was no movement in the house, not even a twitch of the curtains.

He walked around with a nervous twitch.

He had a nervous twitch (=his body made small, uncontrolled movements).

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: twitch
he/she/it: twitches
present participle: twitching
past tense: twitched
past participle: twitched
noun
singular: twitch
plural: twitches
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