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twitch (twic̸h)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to pull (at) with a quick, slight jerk; pluck
  2. to move with a quick, slight jerk or jerks or spasmodically
  3. to ache with a sudden, sharp pain

Etymology: ME twicchen < OE *twiccan, var. of twiccian, to pluck, catch hold of: akin to Ger zwicken < WGmc *twikkjon < ? base of twig

noun

  1. a quick, slight jerk
  2. a sudden, quick motion, esp. a spasmodic one; tic a facial twitch
  3. a sudden, sharp pain; twinge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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