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twitchlike

twitchlike adjective: resembling a twitch.

Adjective

twitchlike (comparative more twitchlike, superlative most twitchlike)

  1. Resembling a twitch.
    • Tomas' hands worked open and closed in a twitchlike grab at the straw, writhing slightly.1976, Leon Uris, Trinity, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 50
    • Though this research is in the formative stage, I am encouraged by what appears to be a dual manifestation of cardiac and neurological shutoff typified by simultaneous twitchlike movement of the eyes combined with a measurable slackening of the lips.2000, Jonathan Kellerman, Dr. Death: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 62

Forms of twitchlike

comparativemore twitchlike
superlativemost twitchlike

Origin of twitchlike

From twitch + -like.

Questions about twitchlike

What does twitchlike mean?
Twitchlike means resembling a twitch.
What part of speech is twitchlike?
Twitchlike is an adjective.

Words near twitchlike in the dictionary

  1. twitchily
  2. twitchiness
  3. twitching
  4. twitchingly
  5. twitchings
  6. twitchlike
  7. twitcht
  8. twitchy
  9. twite
  10. twites
  11. twitface

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