twitch

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 if a part of your body twitches, or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control: [V] Her lips twitched with amusement. * The cats watched each other, their tails twitching. * The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking. [also VN] 2 to give sth a short sharp pull; to be pulled in this way: [VN] He twitched the package out of my hands. * [V] The curtains twitched as she rang the bell. noun 1 a sudden quick movement that you cannot control in one of your muscles: She has a twitch in her left eye. * a nervous twitch 2 a sudden quick movement or feeling: He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head. * At that moment she felt the first twitch of anxiety.