| VERB | body | twitch, jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion |
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| motion | twitch, jerk | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions | |
| motion | twitch, flip | toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air | |
| contact | twitch, pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip | squeeze tightly between the fingers | |
| contact | twitch | move or pull with a sudden motion | |
| NOUN | state | twitch, twitching, vellication | a sudden muscle spasm |
| Sounds | twih'ch | |
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| Rhymes | backstitch ... witch: 27 rhymes with ihch... | |
| Meaning | A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition. | |
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| Synonyms | twitching, vellication | |
| Narrower | blepharism | Condition in which a person blinks continuously |
| fasciculation | muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | |
| fibrillation | muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination | |
| tic | A local and habitual twitching especially in the face | |
| Broader | spasm, cramp, muscle spasm | A painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
| Spanish | contracción nerviosa, espasmo nervioso, tic | |
| Verbs | twitch | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion |
| twitch | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions | |
| Meaning | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Example | "his face is twitching" | |
| Synonym | jerk | |
| Narrower | fibrillate | make fine, irregular, rapid twitching / twitching movements |
| Broader | move involuntarily, move reflexively | Move in an uncontrolled manner |
| Similar to | jerk, twitch | Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions |
| Spanish | sacudir | |
| Catalan | sacsejar, sotragar | |
| Nouns | twitch, twitching | a sudden muscle spasm |
| Meaning | Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | jerk | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | twitch, jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion |
| Nouns | twitch, twitching | a sudden muscle spasm |
| Meaning | toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | flip | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | dar la vuelta | |
| Meaning | squeeze tightly between the fingers. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip | |
| Narrower | goose | pinch in the buttocks |
| tweak | pinch or squeeze sharply | |
| Broader | grip | hold fast or firmly |
| Spanish | pellizcar | |
| Catalan | apretar lleugerament, pessigar | |
| Meaning | Move or pull with a sudden motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Narrower | skitter | twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| Spanish | tirar | |
| Catalan | tirar | |
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