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English
Pronunciation
Verb
twitching
- present participle and gerund of twitch
Noun
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, page 68:A great deal of horse-work was therefore required, and in twitching the logs
Adjective
twitching (comparative more twitching, superlative most twitching)
- That twitches.
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