Definition of twitch

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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..

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Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Twitcher :: Twitcher (n.) One who, or that which, twitches..
Twitch Grass :: Twitch grass () See Quitch grass.
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..
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
Twighte :: Twighte () imp. of Twitch.
Vellicative :: Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication..
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..
Twight :: Twight () p. p. of Twitch.
Chorea :: Chorea (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Fibrillar :: Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings..
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Vellication :: Vellication () A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face..
Twitched :: Twitched (imp. & p. p.) of Twitc.
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates..
Subsumable :: Subsultus (n.) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion..
Yank :: Yank (v. t.) To twitch; to jerk.
Vellication :: Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Jerk :: "Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion..
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