twitch. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

twitch

PRONUNCIATION:	twch
VERB:	Inflected forms: twitched, twitch·ing, twitch·es
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk: I twitched my fishing line.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To move jerkily or spasmodically. See synonyms at jerk¹. 2. To ache sharply from time to time; twinge.
NOUN:	1. A sudden involuntary or spasmodic muscular movement: a twitch of the eye. 2. A sudden pulling; a tug: The fish gave my line a twitch. 3. A looped cord used to restrain a horse by tightening it around the animal's upper lip.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English twicchen, ; akin to possibly akin to Low German twikken.
OTHER FORMS:	twitching·ly —ADVERB


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