Definition of twitch

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Twitch (n.) A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side..

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Start :: Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..
Twitcher :: Twitcher (n.) One who, or that which, twitches..
Twitch :: Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) 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. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..
Twighte :: Twighte () imp. of Twitch.
Chorea :: Chorea (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Yank :: Yank (v. t.) To twitch; to jerk.
Subsumable :: Subsultus (n.) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion..
Vellication :: Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch..
Twight :: Twight () p. p. of Twitch.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Tic :: Tic (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Quitch Grass :: Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve..
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