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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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