twitch

1. 1.

   a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

   Synonymstwitchingvellication

   Broaderspasm

   Narrowerticblepharismfibrillationfasciculation

Other forms of twitch

plural

twitches·

past tense

twitched·

present participle

twitching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twitch

What does twitch mean?

twitch means "make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twitch?

twitch has 1 syllable: twitch. In IPA it is /ˈtwɪtʃ/.

What is another word for twitch?

Close synonyms include jerk, jerk, flip, pinch, squeeze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twitch a common word?

twitch is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.