Twitch

Quick meaning: Twitch is a noun meaning A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

Meaning

A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

More Meanings

1. (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
2. (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
3. (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
4. (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
5. (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
6. (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
7. (farriery) 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 and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

Example Sentences

His fingers were nervously twitching.

to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention

Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear.

I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.

Word Forms

• twitches
• twitching
• twitched

Synonyms for twitch

Depending on context, synonyms include tic, barnacle, jerk, twinge, vellicate, squeeze.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twinge, pinch, vellicate, squeeze, nip, tweet.

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