Twitch

[imp. & p. p. TWITCHED (twĭcht); p. pr. & vb. n. TWITCHING.] [A-S. twiccian, to pluck, twitch. See TWEAG.] To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes. Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. Pope.

n. 1. A pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve. 2. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.