'Twitch' definitions:
Definition of 'twitch'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition [syn: twitch, twitching, vellication]
verb
Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" [syn: twitch, jerk]
verb
Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings" [syn: jerk, twitch]
verb
Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air [syn: flip, twitch]
verb
Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch]
verb
Move or pull with a sudden motion
Definition of 'Twitch'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twitch'
From: GCIDE
- Twitch \Twitch\, n.
- 1. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'twitch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- acute pain,
- agonize,
- ail,
- anguish,
- bite,
- blanch,
- blench,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boring pain,
- bounce,
- breath,
- bump,
- charley horse,
- clutch,
- coup,
- crack,
- cramp,
- cramps,
- crick,
- darting pain,
- didder,
- dither,
- falter,
- feel pain,
- feel the pangs,
- fidget,
- flash,
- flick,
- flip,
- flip out,
- flirt,
- flounce,
- flutter,
- freak out on,
- fulgurant pain,
- get high on,
- girdle pain,
- glow,
- gnawing,
- go pitapat,
- grasp,
- grimace,
- griping,
- half a jiffy,
- half a mo,
- half a second,
- half a shake,
- have a misery,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- hitch,
- hurt,
- instant,
- itch,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jiff,
- jiffy,
- jig,
- jigger,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jumping pain,
- kink,
- lancinating pain,
- lug,
- lurch,
- microsecond,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- nip,
- palpitate,
- pang,
- pant,
- paroxysm,
- pinch,
- pluck,
- pound,
- prick,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- rictus,
- sec,
- second,
- seizure,
- shake,
- sharp pain,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- shooting pain,
- shrink,
- shudder,
- smart,
- snake,
- snap,
- snatch,
- spasm,
- split second,
- squirm,
- stab,
- stabbing pain,
- start,
- stitch,
- stroke,
- sudden pull,
- suffer,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- throes,
- tic,
- tick,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- tormen,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- tremor,
- trice,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- tweak,
- twinge,
- twink,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twist and turn,
- twitter,
- two shakes,
- vellicate,
- wiggle,
- wince,
- wink,
- wobble,
- wrench,
- wriggle,
- writhe,
- yank,
- yerk