Reverse Dictionary: TWITCH

TWITCH, TWITCHING, TWITCHY

ADJECTIVES
1822 VELLICATIVE causing irritation or twitching
1859 TWITCHETY twitchy, nervous, fidgety
1880 — JERKSOME jerky, twitching
1912 AGUE-FACED twitchy → Amer. dial.
1986 LIKE A FART IN A BOTTLE twitchy, nervous, agitated → sl.
1988 LIKE A FART IN A FIT twitchy, nervous, agitated → sl.
2001 LIKE A FART IN A COLANDER twitchy, nervous, agitated → sl.


NOUNS
1340 TIT a sharp and sudden pull; a tug, a jerk, a twitch → chiefly Sc.
1571 QUINCH a twitch or jerk of the body; a twinge → obs. exc. Amer. dial.
1581 YARK — YERK the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1623 VELLICATION  a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling
1647 SPRUNTING a twitching, a writhing; a moving convulsively → obs.
1665 VELLICATION a twitching or convulsive movement, esp. of a muscle or other part of the body
1800 TWIG a pull; a twitch; a tug; a draught → Eng. dial.
1820 TWERK a twisting or jerking movement; a twitch → colloq., chiefly US
1844 JACTITATION a twitching or convulsive movement of a limb or muscle
1900 FEAK a sharp twitch or pull → Eng. dial. (Bk.)


VERBS
1548 FEAK to twitch, to jerk, to pull smartly → Eng. dial.
1558 TWIGHT to touch; also, to twitch → obs.
1670VELLICATE to twitch; to contract or move convulsively
1755 TWIG to pull, to pluck, to twitch → Eng. dial.
1848 TWERK to move with a twitching, twisting, or jerking motion → colloq., chiefly US
1905 QUITCHY to twitch; to make sudden, involuntary movements → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1930 YIP to feel nervous or twitchy → sl.