Definition of twitch

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Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve..

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Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Twitch :: Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes..
Twighte :: Twighte () imp. of Twitch.
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Twight :: Twight () p. p. of Twitch.
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) 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. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..
Fibrillar :: Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings..
Twitcher :: Twitcher (n.) One who, or that which, twitches..
Tic :: Tic (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic..
Vellicative :: Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Quitch Grass :: Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix..
Twitching :: Twitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitc.
Twitch Grass :: Twitch grass () See Quitch grass.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Vellication :: Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch..
Start :: Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..
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