twitching

twitch  (twch)

v. twitched, twitch·ing, twitch·es

v.tr.

To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk: I twitched my fishing line.

v.intr.

1. To move jerkily or spasmodically. See Synonyms at jerk¹.

2. To ache sharply from time to time; twinge.

n.

1. A sudden involuntary or spasmodic muscular movement: a twitch of the eye.

2. A sudden pulling; a tug: The fish gave my line a twitch.

3. A looped cord used to restrain a horse by tightening it around the animal's upper lip.

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[Middle English twicchen; possibly akin to Low German twikken.]

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twitching·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

twitching - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition twitch, vellication cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction tic - a local and habitual twitching especially in the face blepharism - condition in which a person blinks continuously fibrillation - muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination fasciculation - muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers