[ UK /twˈɪt‍ʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈtwɪtʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
VERB
  1. make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
    his face is twitching
  2. squeeze tightly between the fingers
    She squeezed the bottle
    He pinched her behind
  3. move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
    The patient's legs were jerkings
  4. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
  5. move or pull with a sudden motion
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How To Use twitch In A Sentence

  • He seemed nervous and twitchy as he came up close to Cleo, and rested a hand on the toe of her boot.
  • How does this twitchy recluse become the regal princess in Act III? Times, Sunday Times
  • Restlessness, anxiety , confusion, and twitching may also precede convulsions.
  • I thought the mouse was dead, but then it gave a slight twitch.
  • He twitched me by the sleeve.
  • Darcy snorted briefly, his mouth twitching.
  • A slight raise of the eyebrow, the merest twitch of the lip can say so much.
  • There's mumbling and there's staring and now there's twitching. Times, Sunday Times
  • A dead leaf balanced precariously on the knuckles, twitching in the breeze.
  • His mouth twitched slightly, and then he smiled.
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