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  • 11twitch — vb *jerk, snap, yank Analogous words: *pull, drag, tug: clutch, snatch, grasp (see TAKE) …

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  • 12twitch — [v] have a spasm beat, blink, clasp, clutch, flutter, grab, grasp, grip, jerk, jiggle, jump, kick, lug, lurch, nip, pain, palpitate, pluck, pull, seize, shiver, shudder, snap, snatch, squirm, tic, tremble, tug, twinge, vellicate, yank; concepts… …

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  • 13twitch — I UK [twɪtʃ] / US verb Word forms twitch : present tense I/you/we/they twitch he/she/it twitches present participle twitching past tense twitched past participle twitched 1) a) [intransitive] to make a sudden short movement One of the curtains… …

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  • 14twitch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ nervous ▪ little, slight ▪ His mouth gave a slight twitch. ▪ involuntary ▪ muscle …

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  • 15twitch — [[t]twɪ̱tʃ[/t]] twitches, twitching, twitched V ERG If something, especially a part of your body, twitches or you twitch it, it makes a little jumping movement. When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch... His left eyelid… …

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  • 16twitch — an·gle·twitch; twitch·ell; twitch·er; twitch; twitch·el; …

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  • 17twitch — I n. a nervous; uncontrollable twitch II v. to twitch nervously; uncontrollably * * * [twɪtʃ] uncontrollable twitch uncontrollably a nervous to twitch nervously …

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  • 18twitch — twitch1 [twıtʃ] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Low German] 1.) [I and T] if a part of someone s body twitches, or if they twitch it, it makes a small sudden movement ▪ His mouth twitched slightly, and then he smiled. ▪ He twitched his… …

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  • 19Twitch (EP) — Infobox Album | Name = Twitch Type = EP Artist = Jebediah Released = 1996 08 05 Recorded = Mar 1996 Genre = Alternative Length = 18:07 Label = Murmur Producer = Chris Dickie Reviews = Last album = This album = Twitch (EP) (1996) Next album =… …

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  • 20twitch — 1. To jerk spasmodically. 2. A momentary spasmodic contraction of a muscle fiber. [A.S. twiccian] * * * twitch twich vi to undergo a brief spasmodic muscular contraction <the muscle twitched> twitch n a brief spasmodic contraction of muscle …

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