jactitating

, jactitation, jactation - If you toss and turn at night, you are jactitating; jactitation or jactation is restless tossing or twitching.

See also related terms for toss.

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agitate
convulse
jactation
jactitate
jactitation
shake
slash
thrash
thrash about
thresh
thresh about
toss
whip

References in periodicals archive

If a trapeze artist falls and hits the ground, he'll lie in front of a grandstand of utter strangers, whimpering, jactitating, and dying alone.

Circus music: for clowns, lions, and solo trapeze. (Essay)

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