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1. Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
   "his face is twitching"
   - jerk
    
2. Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
   - jerk
    
3. Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
   - flip
    
4. Squeeze tightly between the fingers
   - pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip
    
5. Move or pull with a sudden motion

1. A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
   - twitching, vellication

Derived forms: twitching, twitched, twitches

Type of: cramp, draw, force, grip, move, move involuntarily, move reflexively, muscle spasm, pull, spasm

Encyclopedia: Twitch