"twitch" meaning in English

See twitch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /twɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twitch.wav [UK] Forms: twitch [singular], twitches [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=twitches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A twitch is a small movement. If someone has a twitch, it might be on purpose, or it might happen without that person trying to do it.
    Sense id: simple-twitch-en-noun-bauEKH8F

Verb

IPA: /twɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twitch.wav [UK] Forms: twitch [canonical], twitches [third-person, singular], twitched [past], twitched [past, participle], twitching [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|twitch|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something twitches, it is having a twitch--a small movement.
    Sense id: simple-twitch-en-verb-4elWVDm0 Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you twitch something, you make it twitch like above.
    Sense id: simple-twitch-en-verb-I2wpIHPT
  3. If you twitch something, you jerk it hard
    Sense id: simple-twitch-en-verb-rHA3gP-u
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          "text": "Stop twitching my sleeve!"
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