Definition of twitch

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Twitch (n.) 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..

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Twitch :: Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve..
Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Vellicative :: Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication..
Twight :: Twight () p. p. of Twitch.
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Vellication :: Vellication () A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face..
Yank :: Yank (n.) A jerk or twitch.
Twighte :: Twighte () imp. of Twitch.
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Jerk :: "Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion..
Vellication :: Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch..
Twitched :: Twitched (imp. & p. p.) of Twitc.
Subsumable :: Subsultus (n.) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion..
Quitch Grass :: Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix..
Twitching :: Twitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitc.
Twitch Grass :: Twitch grass () See Quitch grass.
Vellicate :: Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
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