Twitch word meaning and definition

[noun] a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
[verb] make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
[verb] move or pull with a sudden motion
[verb] squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
[verb] move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
[verb] toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

\Twitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitching}.] [OE. twicchen, fr. (doubtful) AS. twiccian; akin to AS. angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a hook twitcher, LG. twikken to tweak, G. zwicken. Cf. {Tweak}.] 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. Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. --Pope.
\Twitch\, n. 1. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve. 2. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side. 3. (Far.) 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. --J. H. Walsh.

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