twitched

Verb

twitch (third-person singular simple present twitches, present participle twitching, simple past and past participle twitched)

1. (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
   • His fingers were nervously twitching.
2. (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
   • Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses...1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
3. (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
   • to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention
4. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
5. (transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
   • Marsh Sandpiper [...] This delicate ‘mini shank’ has graced our shores for the past six successive years and has become increasingly easy to twitch.1982, British Birds, volume 75, number 11, London, page 504
6. (intransitive) To engage in twitching.
   • "The Birdwatchers Handbook ... will be a clear asset to those who 'twitch' in Europe."1995, Quarterly Review of Biology, volume 70, page 348

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