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twitchy

[twich-ee]

adjective, twitch·i·er, twitch·i·est.

twitching or tending to twitch.

nervous; jumpy: All that pressure at the office has made him twitchy.

Origin:
1740–50; twitch + -y¹

Related forms

twitch·i·ness, noun

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twitchy (ˈtwɪtʃɪ)

—*adj*
	nervous, worried, and ill-at-ease: he was twitchy with anticipation

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