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Word entry · 6 letters

twitch

Best crossword clue

"Quick involuntary movement"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /twɪt͡ʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted chittwStarts with TEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

Word origin

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).

Used in a sentence

  • “I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.”
  • “Siberian Crane [...] Following its departure, there was much speculation that rediscovery at a less inaccessible locality would lead to one of the great twitches of 1981; alas, this was not to be.”
  • “His fingers were nervously twitching.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Quick involuntary movement”6 letters
02“Small sudden movement”6 letters

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