Definition of twitch

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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..

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Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..
Start :: Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..
Twitch Grass :: Twitch grass () See Quitch grass.
Twitcher :: Twitcher (n.) One who, or that which, twitches..
Pluck :: Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown..
Twitched :: Twitched (imp. & p. p.) of Twitc.
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
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..
Jerk :: "Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side..
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
Chorea :: Chorea (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Twight :: Twight () p. p. of Twitch.
Twitching :: Twitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitc.
Fibrillar :: Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings..
Vellication :: Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve..
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates..
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