Definitions for twitch

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Spelling: [twich]

IPA: /twɪtʃ/

Twitch is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in twitch (chittw).

Definitions for twitch

noun

1. a quick, jerky movement of the body or of some part of it.
2. involuntary, spasmodic movement of a muscle; tic:
3. a short, sudden pull or tug; jerk.
4. a bodily or mental twinge, as of pain, conscience, etc.; pang.
5. a loop or noose placed over the muzzle of a horse and tightened by twisting a stick or handle to which it is attached, used as a restraining device during a painful operation.

verb (used with object)

1. to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck:
2. to jerk rapidly:
3. to move (a part of the body) with a sudden, jerking motion.
4. to pinch or pull at sharply and painfully; give a smarting pinch to; nip.

verb (used without object)

1. to move spasmodically or convulsively; jerk; jump.
2. to give a sharp, sudden pull; tug; pluck (usually followed by at):
3. to ache or hurt with a sharp, shooting pain; twinge:

Origin of twitch

1125-75; Middle English twicchen (v.); akin to Old English twiccian to pluck; cognate with German zwicken to pinch

Examples for twitch

Then her eyes began to blaze and her lips to twitch spasmodically.

On the larger front, it's gotten to the point where I now start to twitch even before clicking on-line.

John looked after him without so much as a twitch in a single nerve of his face.

The Twomblys, which might appear settled in more sedate company, here writhe and twitch.

He gave a twitch of his fingers upon the reins, and turned from the trail to investigate.

twitch: I should probably add my own, because I love watching Hearthstone (my favorite professional player is Trump).

Unconsciously he had betrayed himself in a despair of voice and twitch of movement.

Her fingers were working nervously and her eyes beginning to twitch.

“As long as the game is not happening right in front of my nose but somewhere in the midfield, I let it twitch,” he said.

The still head began to rock, the throat to swell, the lips to twitch.