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to twitch
01
to make a sudden, brief, and involuntary movement
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
twitch
3rd person singular
twitches
Past simple
twitched
Past participle
twitched
Examples
His eye started to twitch involuntarily due to stress and fatigue.
02
to delicately and tightly pinch or adjust something between the fingers with small, quick movements
Transitive: to twitch sth
Examples
Noticing a loose thread on her sweater, she gently twitched it between her fingers to remove it.
03
to cause something to make a sudden, brief, and involuntary movement
Transitive: to twitch sth
Examples
The rabbit twitched its nose as it sniffed the air for potential danger.
04
to move or pull something with a quick and abrupt motion
Transitive: to twitch sth
Examples
The mechanic twitched the lever to engage the emergency brake.
Twitch
01
a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
twitches
Lexical Tree
twitching
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