twitch
/twitʃ/
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Definition
Noun:
- A sudden, quick, and often uncontrollable movement of a small part of the body, especially a muscle or group of muscles.
- A brief, sharp pull or jerk.
Verb:
- To make a sudden, quick, and often uncontrollable movement with a part of the body.
- To pull or move something with a light, quick jerk.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- He felt a nervous twitch in his eyelid.
- The rabbit's nose gave a little twitch.
Verb:
- Her lip began to twitch as she tried not to cry.
- The fisherman twitched the line to attract the fish.
Advanced Usage
- "to twitch at something": to react with a sudden, small movement.
- She twitched at the sudden noise.
- "to have a twitch": to be prone to or have a condition involving involuntary muscle movements.
- The old man had a twitch in his left hand.
Variants and Related Words
- Twitchy (adj): nervous and making small, sudden movements.
- He became twitchy when waiting for the results.
- Twitching (n/adj): the action or an instance of twitching; characterized by twitches.
- The constant twitching was a symptom of the condition.
Synonyms
- Jerk: a quick, sharp, sudden movement.
- Spasm: a sudden involuntary muscular contraction.
- Tic: a habitual, repetitive twitch, especially in the face.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Twitch" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically contained in the single verb form.)
Related Idioms
- "To give someone the twitches": to make someone feel nervous or uneasy.
- That strange noise is giving me the twitches.
Noun
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
Verb
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- He pinched her behind
- She squeezed the bottle
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- The patient's legs were jerkings
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- his face is twitching