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TWITCH definition: 1. (to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending…. Learn more.
Twitch definition: to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck. See examples of TWITCH used in a sentence.
To twitch is to make a very sudden, brief, unintentional movement. Your eye muscles might start to twitch when you're extremely tired.
The meaning of TWITCH is to move jerkily : quiver. How to use twitch in a sentence.
verb. If something, especially a part of your body, twitches or if you twitch it, it makes a little jumping movement. When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch. [VERB] His left eyelid twitched involuntarily. [VERB] As they turned to leave, they saw the curtains twitch in the house next door. [VERB] Stern twitched his shoulders.
verb. /twɪtʃ/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] twitch (something) if a part of your body twitches, or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden, quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control. Her lips twitched with amusement. The cats watched each other, their tails twitching.
Twitch definition: To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk.
1. to move or cause to move in a jerky spasmodic way. 2. ( tr) to pull or draw (something) with a quick jerky movement. 3. ( intr) to hurt with a sharp spasmodic pain. 4. ( tr) rare to nip. n. 5. a sharp jerking movement. 6. a mental or physical twinge. 7. (Medicine) a sudden muscular spasm, esp one caused by a nervous condition. Compare tic.
a sudden, quick movement or feeling. He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head. At that moment she felt the first twitch of anxiety. Martin gave a slight twitch of his eyebrow. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. See twitch in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: twitch.
twitch. verb. /twɪtʃ/. Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] twitch (something) if a part of your body twitches, or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control Her lips twitched with amusement.
