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  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twitching 
  n  :  a  sudden  spasm  especially  one  caused  by  a  nervous  condition 
  [syn:  {twitch}] 




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