n.
Pronunciation: ' twich
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English twicchen; akin to Old English twiccian to pluck, Old High German gi zwickan to pinch
Date: 14th century
transitive verb : to move or pull with a sudden motion : JERK
intransitive verb
1 : PULL , PLUCK < twitch ed at my sleeve>
2 : to move jerkily : QUIVER
3 : to undergo a brief spasmodic muscular contraction <his hand twitch ed >
– twitch · er noun