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Twitching   /twˈɪtʃɪŋ/   Listen
Twitching

noun
1.
A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.  Synonyms: twitch, vellication.


Twitch

verb
(past & past part. twitched; pres. part. twitching)
1.
Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion.  Synonym: jerk.
2.
Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions.  Synonym: jerk.
3.
Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air.  Synonym: flip.
4.
Squeeze tightly between the fingers.  Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge.  "She squeezed the bottle"
5.
Move or pull with a sudden motion.





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"Twitching" Quotes from Famous Books



... little Amabel appeared, slipping past Ellen silently. She stood watching her mother. She was vibrating from head to foot as if strung on wires. She was not crying, but she kept catching her breath audibly; her little hands were twitching in the folds of her frock; she winked rapidly, her lids obscuring and revealing her eyes until they seemed a series of blue sparks. She was no paler than usual—that was scarcely possible—but her skin ...
— The Portion of Labor • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... was chiefly directed upon his companion, a fair-haired man, with a short moustache and beard. He had lost his hat. There was a red line of blood on his face from a wound in the forehead, and a twitching smile on his lips; but he ...
— Orrain - A Romance • S. Levett-Yeats
... or they may roll restlessly from side to side. * * * The pupils are said to be enormously dilated. All the muscles of the body may become rigid, or may be thrown into convulsive movements. The hands are alternately clenched and opened, often with a twitching movement. The arms may be protruded, as if to avert some dreadful danger, or may be thrown wildly over the head. * * * In other cases there is a sudden and uncontrollable tendency to headlong flight; and so strong is this that the boldest soldiers may be seized with a sudden ...
— The Origin and Nature of Emotions • George W. Crile
... we had a glimpse of the wide-watered valley rich in grass, here of silent woods, up-piled in the distance, over which quivered the hot summer air. Here a herd of cattle stood knee-deep in the shallow water, lazily twitching their tails and snuffing at the stream. The birds were silent now in the glowing noon; only the reeds shivered and bowed. There, beside a lock with its big, battered timbers, the water poured green and translucent through a half-shut sluice. Now ...
— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson
... intent to murder me." I paused, and fixed my eyes upon Mr. Moncton's face. The glitter of his bright orbs almost dazzled me. I thought, however, that his cheek paled for a moment, and that I could perceive a slight twitching movement about the muscles of ...
— The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I • Susanna Moodie


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