قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

a. & n. from Twist.

To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.

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.

The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.

A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.

A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.

See Quitch grass.

of Twitch

One who, or that which, twitches.

of Twitch

The European tree sparrow.

The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris).

The meadow pipit.

of Twit

One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.

To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.

To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

To utter with a twitter.

The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.