- twitching
- 1. nouncompulsive bird watching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species2. adjectiveThat twitches.
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twitching — Disgustingly and longstandingly dirty. Applies to an inanimate object, and implies that it is so grody that it has evolved life. You guys, this towel can t be our bathmat anymore. It s twitching. OR Someone wash these dishes, they re twitching! … Dictionary of american slang
twitching — Disgustingly and longstandingly dirty. Applies to an inanimate object, and implies that it is so grody that it has evolved life. You guys, this towel can t be our bathmat anymore. It s twitching. OR Someone wash these dishes, they re twitching! … Dictionary of american slang
Twitching — Twitch Twitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitching}.] [OE. twicchen, fr. (doubtful) AS. twiccian; akin to AS. angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a hook twitcher, LG. twikken to tweak, G. zwicken. Cf. {Tweak}.] To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Twitching — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller at the place where two roads met . The derivation of the name is from the Olde English pre 7th Century twicen(e) (a derivative of twa , two), a… … Surnames reference
twitching — adj Excellent, outstanding. That new dress is twitching, girl. 1990s … Historical dictionary of American slang
twitching — in angling, small movements of the rod tip or line to move the bait and induce a fish to bite … Dictionary of ichthyology
twitching — twitch·ing (twichґing) the occurrence of a single contraction or a series of contractions of a muscle; see twitch … Medical dictionary
twitching — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, agitation, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, buck fever, case of nerves, catatonic stupor, compulsion, convulsive, dejection,… … Moby Thesaurus
twitching — twɪtʃ n. spasm, twinge, jerk, pull v. jerk or pull suddenly; move with a jerk; have convulsions … English contemporary dictionary
twitching — n. Spasm, twitch … New dictionary of synonyms
