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Twitch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as a twitch by the sleeve.

2. A short spasmodic contraction of the fibers or muscles; as a twitch in the side; convulsive twitches.

Twitch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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.

Twitch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. 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.

Twitch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Twitch grass Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Quitch grass.

Twitched [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pulled with a jerk.

Twitched [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Twitcher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that twitches.

2. Couch grass; a species of grass which it is difficult to exterminate. But qu. is not this word a corruption of quitch-grass, or quick-grass?

Twitcher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, twitches.

Twitching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pulling with a jerk; suffering short spasmodic contractions.

Twitching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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