twitch

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /twɪt͡ʃ/ or [tʰw̥ɪt͡ʃ]

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Noun

Singular twitch

Plural twitches

1. (countable & uncountable) A twitch is a small movement. If someone has a twitch, it might be on purpose, or it might happen without that person trying to do it.

   I saw a twitch in his eye when I mentioned her name.

Verb

Plain form twitch

Third-person singular twitches

Past tense twitched

Past participle twitched

Present participle twitching

1. (intransitive) If something twitches, it is having a twitch--a small movement.

   After I played basketball for three hours yesterday, my leg would not stop twitching!

2. (transitive) If you twitch something, you make it twitch like above.

   He wanted me to know he didn't like the food, so he twitched his nose at it.

3. (transitive) If you twitch something, you jerk it hard

   Stop twitching my sleeve!