twitch

[US]/twɪtʃ/
[UK]/twɪtʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. to jerk; to tug; to pull suddenly
n. a sudden muscle spasm or movement; a sudden pull or movement; a sudden feeling; a horse's sudden pull on the reins

Phrases & Collocations

twitch streamer

twitching eyelid

twitch chat

Example Sentences

a twitch of the eye.

he felt a twitch of annoyance.

he gave a twitch at his moustache.

he twitched a cigarette out of a packet.

I twitched my fishing line.

The horse twitched its ears.

faces peeked from behind twitched curtains.

her mouth twitching with suppressed amusement;

The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry.

Suddenly Guy, more by way of a nervous twitch than with malice aforethought, pulled the trigger.

The woman developed lightheadedness, dyspnoea, tongue numbness, muscle twitching and formication on the legs and back.

The level of voluntary activation and activation failure at the same angle was estimated by the twitch superimposition technique, using a 1 Hz supramaximal electrical stimulation.

As a result, the pests would be on the rack and agonizing or even have the symptom of swivet and twitch.

Real-world Examples

Quirrell smiled. His face wasn't twitching at all.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Charlotte gave her web a twitch and moodily watched it sway.

Source: Charlotte's Web

We become insomniac or impotent. An eyelid starts twitching.

Source: Popular Science Essays

Some individuals might have myoclonic seizures which cause short muscle twitches.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

She glanced over her shoulder so frequently she appeared to have a twitch.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

A muscle was twitching in Dudley's jaw.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Hound's mouth gave another twitch. " You're no more than common thieves" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

Galvani took frogs legs and showed that when, when it lightninged that they twitched.

Source: Discovery documentary "Understanding Electricity"

She saw the way Ove's face twitched above his cheekbones when she said " bus."

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

His face was still ghostly white, and his hands and his toothbrush mustache were both twitching.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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