Twitch

//twɪt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "twitch" (176 found)

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Closest matches (36)

flip jerk pinch ache acute pain agonize ail anguish bite blanch blench bob bobble boring pain bounce breath bump charley horse clutch coup

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crack cramp cramps crick darting pain didder dither falter feel pain feel the pangs fidget flash flick

Noun(3 words)

barnacle couch grass dog grass

Strong matches (52)

Verb(3 words)

flip jerk jump

flip out flirt flounce flutter freak out freak out on fulgurant pain get high on girdle pain glow gnawing go pitapat grasp grimace griping half a jiffy half a mo half a second half a shake have a misery

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have the fidgets have the shakes heave hitch hurt instant itch jar jiff jiffy jig jigger jigget jiggle jog joggle jolt jostle jump jumping pain kink lancinating pain lug lurch microsecond millisecond minute moment

Noun(1 words)

jump

Related words (88)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

9 entries

cramp draw grip move move involuntarily move reflexively muscle spasm pull spasm

Synonyms

3 entries

flip jerk pinch

derived

15 entries

Twitch-speak Twitcher atwitch fast-twitch nervous twitch sleep twitch slow-twitch twitch fire twitch game twitch gameplay twitch grass twitchable twitching untwitchable

etymologically related_to

2 entries

quitch tweak

has context

2 entries

farriery physiology

is a

2 entries

muscle contraction spasm

manner of

2 entries

move involuntarily pull

related to

12 entries

couch grass ear hole horse jerk lip loop spasm spot stick surgery twist

similar

1 entries

jerk

Translations

137 translations across 33 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

προστομίς noun ((farriery))
ἐπιστομίς noun ((farriery))

Arabic

1 entries

زِيَار noun ((farriery))

Azerbaijani

1 entries

səyirmək verb (to perform a twitch; spasm)

Bulgarian

3 entries

конвулсия noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
спазъм noun ((physiology) muscle contraction)
тик noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Catalan

2 entries

espasme noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
tic noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

抽搐 noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
抽搐 verb (to perform a twitch; spasm)

Czech

4 entries

cukání noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
tik noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
cukat verb (to perform a twitch; spasm)
cuknout verb (to perform a twitch; spasm)

Danish

2 entries

brems noun ((farriery))
bremse noun ((farriery))

Dutch

4 entries

praam noun ((farriery))
rukken verb (to jerk sharply and briefly)
twitchen verb (to spot a bird)
vogelen verb (to spot a bird)

Finnish

4 entries

bongaus noun (action of bird spotting)
huulipuristin noun ((farriery))
nykäisy noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
nykäys noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

French

4 entries

morailles noun ((farriery))
tic noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
tord-nez noun ((farriery))
secouer verb (to perform a twitch; spasm)

Galician

2 entries

aceal noun ((farriery))
tic noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

German

4 entries

Bremse noun ((farriery))
Klappe noun ((farriery))
Kluppe noun ((farriery))
Knuppe noun ((farriery))

Hungarian

1 entries

rángás noun ((physiology) muscle contraction)

Indonesian

1 entries

kedut noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Italian

4 entries

contrazione noun ((physiology) muscle contraction)
imboccatura noun ((farriery))
spasimo noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
spasmo noun ((physiology) muscle contraction)

Japanese

1 entries

引き攣り noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Latin

4 entries

cōnfībula noun ((farriery))
epistomis, -idis noun ((farriery))
epistomium noun ((farriery))
postomis, -idis noun ((farriery))

Leonese

1 entries

aceal noun ((farriery))

Lithuanian

1 entries

premsai noun ((farriery))

Middle Dutch

2 entries

kleppe noun ((farriery))
klippe noun ((farriery))

Middle Low German

4 entries

kleppe noun ((farriery))
klippe noun ((farriery))
mūlholt noun ((farriery))
premese noun ((farriery))

Māori

4 entries

hōkai noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
rare noun ((physiology) muscle contraction)
tamaki noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
tākiri noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Polish

3 entries

drgawka noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
dutka noun ((farriery))
skurcz noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Portuguese

3 entries

aziar noun ((farriery))
espasmo noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
tique noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Russian

4 entries

подёргивание noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
су́дорога noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
тик noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
дёргать verb (to jerk sharply and briefly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

tik noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
trzaj noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
тик noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
трзај noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Slovak

4 entries

myknutie noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
trhnutie noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
šklbnutie noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
mykať verb (to jerk sharply and briefly)

Spanish

3 entries

acial noun ((farriery))
aciar noun ((farriery))
tic noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Swedish

2 entries

brems noun ((farriery))
ryckning noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Tagalog

4 entries

kibot noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
kislot noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
kiso noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)
pasag noun (brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again)

Walloon

1 entries

toitche-nez noun ((farriery))

Yiddish

1 entries

ברעמע noun ((farriery))

Sample sentences

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He began to twitch uncontrollably as I called 911.

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I have a twitch in my right eye.

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Mary livestreams games on Twitch.

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Mary's Twitch channel has many followers.

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