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twitch·y
/
ˈtwɪtʃ
i
/
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[
twich
-ee
]
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adjective,
twitch·i·er,
twitch·i·est.
1.
twitching
or tending to
twitch
.
2.
nervous; jumpy:
All that pressure at the office has made him twitchy.
Origin:
1740–50;
twitch
+
-y
1
Related forms
twitch·i·ness,
noun
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twitchy
(ˈtwɪtʃɪ)
—
adj
nervous, worried, and ill-at-ease:
he was twitchy with anticipation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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