twitch

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
2. (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
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 and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
4. A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
5. The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
6. A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.

Verb

1. To perform a twitch; spasm.
2. To cause to twitch; spasm.
3. To jerk sharply and briefly.
4. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
5. To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.

Sinônimos

jerk

spasm

twinge

twitching

tug

wiggle

writhe

squeeze

haul

quick grass

draught

couch grass

nip

drag

draw

yank

vellication

convulsion

pluck

pinch

pull

tow

jiggle

quitch

tweet

fire

🔥

convulse

jolt

wince

flick

shake

drawl

flip

shoot

be cramped

cramp

squirm

quiver

ream

restless

roll

saccade

scar

shimmy

shock

⚡

slither

snatch

squeeze out

start

startled

throb

throbbing

tie

tingle

toss

traction

tweak

twinkle

twist

wad

wag

wink

😉

withdrawal

wobble

wriggle

wring

toss about

ballism

have a spasm

be affected by spasms

involumtarity of the eye

pull sharply

withdrawment

bat

🦇

move or flap

blink

bump

clamp

🗜️

clasp

concussion

couch-grass

crush

dog grass

drawing

express

extract

fasciculation

fibrillation

fidget

fit

flap

flicker

girdle

grasp

hug

hurt

jerking

jitter

jittering

joggle

jounce

noose

nudge

palpitate

percussion

peristalsis

press

press out

prise

pulsation

pulse

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/twɪt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: twicchen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: *twiċċan

Cognato com inglês: tweak

Cognato com baixo alemão: twikken

In summary

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).
Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).