Plural of twitch
regular plural
The plural of twitch is twitches.
Forms of twitch
| Singular | twitch /twɪt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | twitches |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Twitches in a sentence
- She looked very neurotic, moving in a jerky way, her body giving little twitches of habitual umbrage.1960, Muriel Spark, chapter 10, in The Bachelors, London: Macmillan. From the entry umbrage
- The non-greeting twitches my lips into a weak smile.2014, Lyla Payne, Living the Dream: Whitman University #5, →ISBN. From the entry non-greeting
- Twitches of a smile mislight up her face.1949, Jacob Gould Schurman, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, The Philosophical Review, page 143. From the entry mislight
- Her steady tone, her emphasizing twitches, were new to Nick; they seemed to signal a change in their relations that wouldn't easily be reversed.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry demurral
Meaning of twitch
- noun A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- noun Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- noun A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
Questions about the plural of twitch
- What is the plural of twitch?
- The plural of twitch is twitches.
- Is twitch countable?
- Twitch is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: twitch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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