twitching

Other forms of twitching

plural

twitchings·

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 twitching

What does twitching mean?

twitching means "a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition".

How many syllables are in twitching?

twitching has 2 syllables: twit-ching. The stress falls on "twit". In IPA it is /ˈtwɪtʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for twitching?

Close synonyms include twitch, vellication. 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 twitching a common word?

twitching 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.