twitch
noun/twɪtʃ/
/twɪtʃ/
- a sudden, quick movement that you cannot control in one of your muscles
- She has a twitch in her left eye.
- He has a nervous twitch in his cheek.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nervous
- little
- slight
- …
- have
- develop
- give
- …
- a sudden, quick movement or feeling
- He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head.
- At that moment she felt the first twitch of anxiety.
- Martin gave a slight twitch of his eyebrow.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nervous
- little
- slight
- …
- have
- develop
- give
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: of Germanic origin; related to Old English twiccian ‘to pluck, pull sharply’.
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