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Definition of 'twitch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) twitch
to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck.

2.  twitch
to jerk rapidly.

3.  twitch
to move (a part of the body) with a sudden, jerking motion.

4.  twitch
to pinch or pull at sharply and painfully; give a smarting pinch to; nip.

5. (v.i.) twitch
to move spasmodically or convulsively; jerk; jump.

6.  twitch
to give a sharp, sudden pull; tug; pluck (usu. fol. by at).

7.  twitch
to ache or hurt with a sharp, shooting pain; twinge.

8. (n.) twitch
a quick, jerky movement of the body or of some part of it.

9.  twitch
involuntary, spasmodic movement of a muscle; tic.

10.  twitch
a bodily or mental twinge, as of pain, conscience, etc.; pang.

Etymology: (1125–75; ME twicchen; akin to OE twiccian to pluck)

Definition of 'twitch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) twitch, twitching, vellication
a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

2. (verb) twitch, jerk
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
"his face is twitching"

3. (verb) jerk, twitch
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
"The patient's legs were jerkings"

4. (verb) flip, twitch
toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

5. (verb) pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
squeeze tightly between the fingers
"He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

6. (verb) twitch
move or pull with a sudden motion

Definition of 'twitch'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) twitch
to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
The dog's legs twitched as it dreamed.; His hand gave a twitch.

Definition of 'twitch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) twitch
the act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve

2. (noun) twitch
a short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side

3. (noun) twitch
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

4. (verb) twitch
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

Translation of 'twitch'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) move jerkily His hands were twitching.
Afrikaans: krampagtig trek	Arabic: يَنْتَفِض، يَرْتَعِش	Bulgarian: дръпвам
Brazilian: crispar(-se)	Czech: škubat (sebou)	German: zucken
Danish: rykke	Greek: συσπώ, συσπώμαι, κινούμαι	Spanish: crispar(se), mover(se) co
Estonian: rapsama, tõmblema	Farsi: جنبیدن؛ لقوه داشتن	Finnish: nykiä
French: donner, avoir un mouvemen	Hebrew: לִרטוֹט בְּעֲווִית	Hindi: झटकना
Croatian: trzati (se), tresti (se)	Hungarian: rángat(ózik)	Indonesian: tersentak
Icelandic: kippast/rykkjast til	Italian: (torcersi spasmodicamente	Japanese: ぴくぴく動く
Korean: 경련을 일으키다	Lithuanian: trūkčioti, tampyti	Latvian: raustīt; raustīties
Malay: bergerak-gerak	Dutch: zenuwachtig bewegen	Norwegian: rykke, sprelle
Polish: drgać	Persian: جنبیدن؛ لقوه داشتن	Pashto: چریدل
Portuguese: crispar(-se)	Romanian: a avea un spasm	Russian: дёргаться
Slovak: mykať (sa)	Slovenian: trzati	Serbian: trzati
Swedish: ha ryckningar i	Thai: เกร็งกระตุก	Turkish: titremek, seğirmek
Taiwanese: 抽動(搐)	Ukrainian: сіпати(ся)	Urdu: جھٹکا دينا
Vietnamese: co giật	Chinese: 抽动（搐）
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