Twitching: alternatives and connections

That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

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The state of being reduced to fibers.

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A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- ca…

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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand;…

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To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand;…

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To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand;…

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The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.

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