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Synonyms for twitch

24 synonyms
1 meaning

verb
noun

Most common

snatch pluck yank twinge jump tweedle yerk

All synonyms

Verb

1. Twinge

twinge, pinch, yank, snatch, pluck, squeeze, nip, tweak, tweet, gripe

Other

jerk, jump, start, flip, yerk, tweedle

Noun

spasm, tic, couch grass, quicken, dog grass, barnacle, quitch grass, vellication

Definitions

v. 1
To perform a twitch; spasm.
His fingers were nervously twitching.
n. 1
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.

Related words

Word family: twitching
Phrases: sleep twitch

Forms

Plural: twitches → spasms, tics, quickens, barnacles…
Past participle: twitched
e.g. twitched → twinged, pinched, yanked, snatched…

Example sentences

snatch Boldi tried to snatch the toy out of Martha's hands.
pluck Can you pluck up the courage to talk to her?
yank He tried to yank the splinter out with his teeth.
twinge At that moment, Felix's knee started to twinge a bit.
jump Many would jump at the chance to live in New York.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
twitch		rising
snatch		rising
pluck		rising
yank		rising
twinge		rising
jump		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: nip¹, tic¹
4 letters: jump¹, flip¹, jerk¹, yank¹, yerk
5 letters: start¹, tweet¹, pinch¹, tweak¹, pluck¹, gripe¹, spasm²
6 letters: snatch¹, twinge¹
7 letters: squeeze¹, quicken², tweedle²
8 letters: barnacle³
11 letters: vellication

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spasm² = 2 syllables).