(nervous) twitch

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• nervous — ner|vous W3S3 [ˈnə:vəs US ˈnə:r ] adj 1.) worried or frightened about something, and unable to relax →↑anxious nervous about ▪ She was so nervous about her exams that she couldn t sleep. ▪ I wish you d stop looking at me like that. You re making… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• twitch — [[t]twɪ̱tʃ[/t]] twitches, twitching, twitched V ERG If something, especially a part of your body, twitches or you twitch it, it makes a little jumping movement. When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch... His left eyelid… …   English dictionary

• twitch — twitch1 [twıtʃ] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Low German] 1.) [I and T] if a part of someone s body twitches, or if they twitch it, it makes a small sudden movement ▪ His mouth twitched slightly, and then he smiled. ▪ He twitched his… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• twitch — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if a part of someone s body twitches, it makes a small, sudden, uncontrolled movement: My eye won t stop twitching. 2 (T) to move something quickly and suddenly: Sarah twitched the reins, and we moved off. 2 noun (C) 1 a quick… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• twitch´i|ness — twitch|y «TWIHCH ee», adjective. 1. having a tendency to twitch; jerky: »Faces peculiarly swollen, and twitchy about the nose (Dickens). 2. Figurative. nervous; fidgety; irritable: »He was getting twitchy now…before a dog race (New Yorker …   Useful english dictionary

• twitch|y — «TWIHCH ee», adjective. 1. having a tendency to twitch; jerky: »Faces peculiarly swollen, and twitchy about the nose (Dickens). 2. Figurative. nervous; fidgety; irritable: »He was getting twitchy now…before a dog race (New Yorker …   Useful english dictionary

• twitch — I n. a nervous; uncontrollable twitch II v. to twitch nervously; uncontrollably * * * [twɪtʃ] uncontrollable twitch uncontrollably a nervous to twitch nervously …   Combinatory dictionary

• twitch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ nervous ▪ little, slight ▪ His mouth gave a slight twitch. ▪ involuntary ▪ muscle …   Collocations dictionary

• nervous — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ Both men appeared nervous. ▪ become, get …   Collocations dictionary

• twitch — twitcher, n. twitchingly, adv. /twich/, v.t. 1. to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck: She twitched him by the sleeve. 2. to jerk rapidly: The rider twitched the reins a couple of times. 3. to move (a part of the body) with a… …   Universalium

• twitch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. jerk, writhe, shake, pull; tug, vellicate; pinch, squeeze; twinge. See traction, excitability, pain. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jerk, tic, twinge, spasm; see fit 1 . v. 1. [To pluck] Syn. pull, tug,… …   English dictionary for students