twitchy
Origin of twitchy
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- twitch·i·ness, noun
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How to use twitchy in a sentence
At those moments in the race, I was happy I wasn’t on a cyclocross bike or some gravel bike with twitchy road geometry.
Mountain-Bike Roots in a Do-Almost-Everything Gravel Racer | cobrien | November 30, 2021 | Outside OnlineSmall actions like that friction don’t require picking good idea or bad ideas, they just make the platform less twitchy, less reactive.
How Fixing Facebook's Algorithm Could Help Teens—and Democracy | Charlotte Alter | October 5, 2021 | TimeFirst comes quiet sleep, and then a shift to a twitchy, active sleep in which vibrant colors flash across the animals’ skin.
Octopus sleep includes a frenzied, colorful, ‘active’ stage | Laura Sanders | March 25, 2021 | Science NewsWhen they’re talking about how twitchy my dancing was, or whatever like that.
“James Woods refuses to toe the Hollyweird line,” twitchy managing editor Lori Ziganto told The Daily Beast in an email.
How James Woods Became Obama’s Biggest Twitter Troll | Asawin Suebsaeng | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Conservatives were quick to jump on the charges: websites like twitchy and FrontPage Mag soon joined the anti-Tyson charge.
We had this mortar thing [over my shoulder], which was supposed to explode when I moved, and Pete said I was a little twitchy.
Mark Wahlberg Discusses ‘Lone Survivor,’ Kate Moss in Playboy, the Red Sox, and More | Marlow Stern | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEric Cantor: too twitchy (manly men do not visibly vibrate with nervous energy).
Squishes, Step Aside: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie’s Old-School Manliness | Michelle Cottle | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut accuse him of not respecting voters enough to level with them, and he may get nervous and twitchy like he does sometimes.
It was a scraggy sorrel with twitchy ears and wicked eyes, but it looked tough as a mountain buck.
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis RyanHer most positive experience was the revelation of Mrs. Flickerbaugh, the tall, thin, twitchy wife of the attorney.
Main Street | Sinclair LewisMaybe he felt something then, a twitchy twinge of grief, but he swallowed hard and it went away.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | Cory DoctorowThe Probationer, rather twitchy from excitement and anxiety, felt her heart stop and race on again.
Love Stories | Mary Roberts Rinehart"Same place you dig up those twitchy CV types you have spooking up your outer office," I snapped.
The Right Time | Walter Bupp
British Dictionary definitions for twitchy
/ (ˈtwɪtʃɪ) /
nervous, worried, and ill-at-ease: he was twitchy with anticipation
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