twitching
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]twitching
- present participle and gerund of twitch
Noun
[edit]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[1], page 68:
- A great deal of horse-work was therefore required, and in twitching the logs[..]
Adjective
[edit]twitching (comparative more twitching, superlative most twitching)
- That twitches.