twitching
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
twitching
- present participle and gerund of twitch
Noun[edit]
twitching (countable and uncountable, plural twitchings)
- The motion of something that twitches.
- 1843, The Knickerbocker, volumes 21-22, page 73:
- Your twitchings and jouncings disturb me excessively.
- (birdwatching) Compulsive birdwatching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species.
- (lumbering) Using a horse team to pull logs.
- 1861, Journal of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Brunswick[1], page 68:
- A great deal of horse-work was therefore required, and in twitching the logs[..]
Adjective[edit]
twitching (comparative more twitching, superlative most twitching)
- That twitches.