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
“Something is coming uphill,” said Mother Wolf, twitching one ear.
What have the Free People to do with a man’s cub?” Akela never even twitched his ears.
Marilla’s lips twitched understandingly.
She twitched one of her long glossy braids over her thin shoulder and held it up before Matthew’s eyes.
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