Synonyms:
twitch, twitching, vellication
Meaning: a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
twitch, jerk
Meaning: make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
Synonyms:
jerk, twitch
Meaning: move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
Usage examples
The Little Doctor gave the reins an impatient twitch.
"We carried you out, and then I saw your eyelid twitch.
The next minute Jerry was on the box; with a cheery chirrup to me, and a twitch of the rein that I well understood.
The brooding Lammle, with certain white dints coming and going in his palpitating nose, looked as if some tormenting imp were pinching it. Fledgeby, watching him with a twitch in his mean face which did duty there for a smile, looked very like the tormentor who was pinching.