twitch.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
Meaning & usage
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.
Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
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 and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).
To perform a twitch; spasm.
His fingers were nervously twitching.
To cause to twitch; spasm.
To jerk sharply and briefly.
to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention
To exert oneself.
To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
To engage in twitching.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).
couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
Where this word comes from
alternate of quitch
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