Twitch

Definition: Twitch

Twitch

Noun

1. A sudden spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.

Verb

1. Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching".

2. Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings".

3. Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air.

4. Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle".

5. Move or pull with a sudden motion.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "twitch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Twitch

Penitence

Self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation; stings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of conscience; compunctious visitings of nature.

Physical Pain

Verb: feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain. Noun: suffer, ache, smart, bleed; tingle, shoot; twinge, twitch, lancinate; writhe, wince, make a wry face; sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles.

Noun: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering; dolour, ache; aching. Verb: smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis.

Regression

Wrench, jerk, twitch, touse; yank.

Crosswords: Twitch

You people make my ass twitch! (French Kiss; writing credit: Adam Brooks)

I'm starting to twitch again (The Itch; performing artist: Vitamin C)

Twitch City (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Sam and Twitch, Book 1: Udaku (reference)

• Slow Twitch (reference)

• Twitch and Shout: A Touretter's Tale (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Twitch IV (reference)

• Twitch 2000 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Jungle City Twitch (reference)

• Twitch (reference)

• Twitch [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: A Twitch in Time (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

In its simplest form, myoclonus consists of a muscle twitch followed by relaxation. (references)

A person having a severe seizure may cry out, fall to the floor unconscious, twitch or move uncontrollably, drool, or even lose bladder control. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "twitch": twitch grass. Additional references.

Beginning with "twitch": twitch-grass.

Ending with "twitch": anti-twitch, a-twitch, eyebrow-twitch, eye-twitch, fast-twitch, slow-twitch.

Albanian

tik nervoz (tic), kam një tik nervoz, dridhje (didder, dither, fibrillation, flicker, flickering, flutter, jarring, jerk, palpitation, pulse, quake, quiver, shake, shaking, shiver, shudder, throb, tremble, trembling, tremolo, tremor, vibrancy, vibration), dridhem (blink, dither, dodder, flicker, flinch, give a start, pulsate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, tremble, twiddle, vibrate, wabble, waver, wince, wobble, writhe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرفر (squirm), ‏نشل (buy up, palm, pick, pinch, snaffle, sneak), ‏الم حاد مفاجئ, ‏إنتفض (flounce, quiver, shake, shiver, tremble), ‏إنتفاض (flounce, shaking, tremble), ‏إنتزع (conquer, draw, exact, extort, extract, get smth. off one's hands, grab, snatch, swagger, tear, tear out, wrest, wring, yank), ‏إنتزاع (conquering, conquest, elicitation, eviction, exaction, extortion, grab, grabbing, pull, snatching, yank), ‏إرتعاش (flutter, quaver, quiver, shake, shaking, trembling, tremor, twitter, wobble), ‏إرتعش (be shocked, bicker, flutter, jerk, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, tremble, waver, wobble), ‏شد بقوة, ‏شد (chock, drawing, enthral, enthrall, harness, lace, pull, strain, tension, thrill, tighten). (various references)

Bulgarian 

троскот (couch grass, dog's grass), трепване (flick, jerk, jump, start, wince), трепвам (blench, flinch, jerk, quail, start, wince), внезапно издърпване, внезапно дръпване (yank), нервност (jim-jams, nerves, nervousness, twit), мърдам (wiggle), лека болка, потръпвам (shiver, shudder), потрепване (quiver, thrill, wince), помръдвам, подръпвам (give a pull, hitch, pull, pull at), играя (act, dance, disport oneself, do, enact, lead, perform, play, present, represent, run about, shoot, sport, support, wanton, waver), издърпвам (hitch, pull, pull up), дръпвам (hitch, jerk, pull, pull at, pull away, pull down, pull in, retract, strike, suck at, tug, tweak, withdraw). (various references)

Czech

trhnout (jerk, wrench, yank), zatahat za nos, křeè (convulsion, cramp, spasm), škubnutí (jerk, lurch, pluck, pull, quirk, stab, tug, twinge, yank), škubnout (flinch, wrench, yank). (various references)

Danish

senegraes (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch), almindelig kvik (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch). (various references)

Dutch

kweek (couch-grass). (various references)

Farsi 

فشردن (Crush, Pressure, Squeeze, Tighten, Wad, Wring), پیچاندن (Contort, Crinkle, Curl, Reeve, Screw, Turquoise, Waggle, Wrest, Wring), منقبض شدن , ناگهان کشیدن (Pluck), کشش (Draw, Extension, Haul, Haulage, Inducement, Jerk, Magnetism, Pull, Reach, Tension, Tract, Traction, Tug), گره زدن (Knit, Knot, Loop, Ruffle, Tie, Truss), حرکت یاکشش ناگهانی , سرکوفت دادن , جمع شدن (Aggregate, Assemble, Backlog, Beehive, Congregate, Constringe, Drift, Flock, Gather, Group, Herd, Muster, Retract, Shrink, Snuggle), بهم کشیدن . (various references)

Finnish

juolavehnä (couch-grass). (various references)

French

tirer d'un coup sec, tic, se frissonner, se convulser, s'agiter, saccade, mouvement convulsif, douleur cinglante, donner un coup sec, coup sec, chiendent rampant, chiendent commun, chevrotement, attraction, attacher avec sangle. (various references)

German

zuckung (convulsion, flutter, jerk, spasm), zucken (flare up, flash, flicker, flinch, jerk, quiver, shiver, shrug, shrugged, start, streak, thrash about, tremble, tremor, twinge, work), ziehen (ache, be draughty, be popular, breed, brew, build, drag, dragging pain, draw, drift, erect, extract, fly, go, go down well, grow, haul, haul up, heave, infuse, lift, lift up, make, March, marinade, migrate, penetrate, process, production, pull, pull out, pulling, raise, remove, sail, simmer, strain, stretch, suck, take out, tear, to pull, traction, trail, transmigrate, tug, unsheathe, wander, wheel, work out, yank out), kriechende Quecke (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch), gemeine Quecke (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch). (various references)

Greek 

σπασμόσ (convulsion, cramp, fit, spasm), νευρική σύσπαση, άγρωστις η έρπουσα (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch), τράβηγμα (draught, drawing, haul, pull, traction, tug, withdrawal, withdrawament, yank), τραβώ αιφνιδίωσ, τινάσσομαι (jiggle, jolt, yank), τίναγμα (bump, concussion, flick, jerk, jerking, jolt, jounce, percussion, shake, shock, toss). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפרפר (crumb, flutter, fly, hover, jerk, palpitate, quiver, struggle), ל�"תכוץ (cower, cringe, crouch, shrink), פרפור (agony, convulsion, fibrillation, jerk, quiver, spasm), עוית (convulsion, spasm, throe, tic). (various references)

Hungarian

szúrás (dig, foin, prick, pricking, puncture, smart, stab, sting, stuck, thrust, tingle). (various references)

Indonesian

menggelepar (flap, flutter, hover, wallop), menggamit, geronyot (throb with pain), geletis (squirm). (various references)

Italian

tirare (be tight, blow, draft, drag, draught, draw, feel tight, haul, heave, land, lug, pluck, pull, shoot, stretch, tend, throw, tighten, to pull, tug, wheel), strattone (draw, hitch, jerk, pull, tug, yank), lattuga di cane (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch), gramignone (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, stink lovegrass, US stinkgrass, white couch), gramigno (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, white couch), convulso (convulsion, convulsive, feverish, fit, jerky, paroxysm), contrazione (constriction, contraction, jerk, shrinkage), contrarsi (constrict, contract, fall, flex, shrink, work), agitarsi (agitate, bestir oneself, bustle, fidget, flounder, flutter, fuss, rain, rainfall, ruffle, shake, stir, tingle, toss, tumble, wag). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

引き�"�り (scar, spasm). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきつり (cramp, scar, spasm). (various references)

Manx

tayrn veg, faiyr voddee (couch grass), craplag feh, brebbal (kick, push with foot, to boot, waver), breban (dirt, heel of shoe, little kick, snot, tic). (various references)

Pig Latin

itchtway

Portuguese

sacão (pluck, tug), repelão (push, wrench), puxar (drag, drag out, draw, drew, hale, haul, lug, pull, to pull, trail, tug, wiredrawn), puxão (jerk, jumble, lug, pluck, pull, tug, tweak, wrench, yank), estremeção, crispar-se, convulsão (jactitation, spasm), contrair (constrict, contract, narrow, reduce, screw, take), contração muscular (jerk), contorcer (contort, corkscrew, writhe), contorção (contortion, screw), beliscar (gripe, nip, pinch), beliscão (nip, pinch, tweak), agarrar (capture, catch, clasp, cling, clutch, get hold of, grab, grabble, grapple, grasp, gripe, hold, lay hands on, seize). (various references)

Romanian

trage de mânecã, tic nervos (tic), zvâcnire (pant, throb), zvâcni (pant, throb), smuciturã (flounce, hitch, jerk, jolt, tug, wrench, wring), smuci (hitch, lug, pull up, tug, worry, wrench), se schimonosi, pir (couch grass, quitch). (various references)

Russian 

судорога (convulsion, cramp, crick, kink, spasm, spastics), подергивание (chuck), дергаться, дергать (jerk, jerked, pull, pull at, rase, yank, yanked). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

trzaj (hitch, jerk, lunge, lurch, snatch, start, tug, wince, wrench, yank), trgnuti (draw, jerk, pull, recoil, startle, tug, yank), kidati (tear), kidanje, igrati (act, dance, perform, personate, play, play at, take), grčiti se (contract, twist, writhe), grčevito trzanje, brnjica (muzzle, nose ring, ring), čupati, čupanje (evulsion). (various references)

Spanish

tirón (haul, heave, hitch, jerk, lug, pluck, pull, tug, wrench, yank). (various references)

Swedish

rycka (hitch, jerk, lug, March, move, pluck, pull, switch, tug, wrench, wrest, yank), ryck (fit, flip, hitch, jerk, judder, lug, pull, snatch, start, tug, twich, whim, yank). (various references)

Turkish

tik (tic), seğirmek (work), seğirme, koparma (breaking off, plucking), kapmak (catch, clutch, dispossess, grab, grasp, imbibe, nab, poach, scoop up, seize, shut, shut in, snap up, snatch, snatch up, swoop up, whip, whip away, whip from), burunduruk, birden çekmek (whip out, yank), birden çekme (yank), ayrık out (couch, couch grass). (various references)

Ukrainian

судорога (cramp), сіпати (lug, pluck, wrench), сіпання (lug, pull, tug, wrench, yank), стягати (exact, run back), смикатися (wriggle), петля (button hole, kink, loop, necklace, noose, ply, stitch, tag). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự giật mạnh sự co rúm, chứng co giật cái kẹp mũi ngựa. (various references)

Agropyron repens, Elytrigia repens, saliens, salientis, salierunt, saliet, salietis, salis, salit, saltu, saltum, saltus, salvi, Triticum repens. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "twitch": twitched, twitcher, twitchers, twitches, twitchier, twitchiest, twitchily, twitching, twitchy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Twitch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dowitcz, ftcwatch, titch, Tuwaitha, twich, twinch, twith, twoth, Twythe. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: witch.

-2 letters: chit, itch, twit, whit, wich, with.

-3 letters: chi, hic, hit, ich, tic, tit, wit.

-4 letters: hi, it, ti.

+1 letter: twitchy.

+2 letters: twitched, twitcher, twitches.

+3 letters: twitchers, twitchier, twitchily, twitching, witchiest.

+4 letters: stitchwort, twitchiest, whipstitch, witchcraft, wristwatch.

+5 letters: bewitchment, outwatching, stitchworts, witchcrafts.