twitchy
English
Etymology
twitch + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtwɪt͡ʃi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtʃi
Adjective
twitchy (comparative twitchier, superlative twitchiest)
- susceptible to twitching a lot.
- 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:
- For the most part, however, his hunched, twitchy, wide-eyed take doesn’t seem like a believable portrait of social awkwardness so much as just a forced, awkward performance.
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- (figuratively) irritable, cranky
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
- Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.
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Translations
inclined to twitch a lot
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irritable or cranky
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