twitchy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

twitch +‎ -y

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtwɪt͡ʃi/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃi

Adjective[edit]

twitchy (comparative twitchier, superlative twitchiest)

  1. susceptible to twitching a lot.
    • 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club[1]:
      For the most part, however, his hunched, twitchy, wide-eyed take doesn’t seem like a believable portrait of social awkwardness so much as just a forced, awkward performance.
  2. (figuratively) irritable, cranky, nervous, anxious, worried
    • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France[2]:
      Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.
    • 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
      Railways don't normally feature, but Conservative MPs are getting twitchy about this nationwide local issue.

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