Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

    I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.

    Zuckung, Zucken

    подёргиваниеpodjórgivanije, су́дорогаsúdoroga, тикtik

  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.

  3. (countable, uncountable)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 and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

    Nasenbremse, Bremse, Klappe

  4. (countable, uncountable)A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.

  7. (uncountable)Couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)

More definitions
  • a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

Examples

44 sentences
  1. Your left eye is twitching again.

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  2. Tom's right eye is twitching again.

    ruУ Тома опять правый глаз дёргается.

    deToms rechtes Auge begann wieder zu zucken.

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  3. Tom's right eyelid twitches.

    deTom hat Zuckungen am rechten Augenlid.

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  4. Tom started twitching.

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  5. Tom's left eye started twitching.

    ruЛевый глаз Тома начал вздрагивать.

    deToms linkes Auge begann zu zucken.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
1. brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
1. brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again:
3. (farriery):

Origin

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkij

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).

alternate of quitch

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Forms

plural: twitches
Singulartwitch
Pluraltwitches

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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