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twitched |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twitch \Twitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitched}; p. pr & vb n. {Twitching}.] [OE. twicchen fr (doubtful) AS twiccian akin to AS angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a hook twitcher, LG twikken to tweak, G. zwicken Cf {Tweak}.] 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. Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. --Pope.
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