twitch
/twɪt͡ʃ/ verb C1- To perform a twitch; spasm. · His fingers were nervously twitching.
- To cause to twitch; spasm.
- To jerk sharply and briefly. · to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention
- To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- To engage in twitching.
He/she/it twitches · Past twitched · Past participle twitched · -ing form twitching
Verb forms
- Base form
- twitch
- He/she/it
- twitches
- Past
- twitched
- Past participle
- twitched
- -ing form
- twitching
From the library
He had spoken in jesting vein, but the twitching of his bushy eyebrows bespoke his disappointment and irritation.
Number one hundred and twenty-seven is ‘is’—‘There is’ “—Holmes’s eyes were gleaming with excitement, and his thin, nervous fingers twitched as he counted the words—“‘danger.’ Ha!
The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thoughts.
Marilla’s lips twitched understandingly.
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