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twitch

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twitch
1. a sudden muscular spasm, esp one caused by a nervous condition
2. a loop of cord used to control a horse by drawing it tight about its upper lip


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Joe gave a pull at his necktie and a twitch at his jacket, and was off in a moment.
This had got on Hook's nerves; it made his iron claw twitch, and at night it disturbed him like an insect.
There was something so infectious in the rollicking tunes which Captain Jim played that very soon Marshall Elliott's feet began to twitch.
 
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