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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Characterized by jerky or spasmodic motion: the twitchy whiskers of a cat.
  2. adj. Nervous; jittery.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. susceptible to twitching a lot.

Examples

  • “The new design puts you in the cockpit sooner and the ground combat is more "twitchy"- meshing with the space system.”

    Order 66

  • “But "better" is a subjective term, and the so-called twitchy fingered kids who play Call of Duty make up a HUGE chunk of the player base, and therefore are responsible for contributing to the massive amount of units sold.”

    Forbes.com: News

  • “My voice isn't all that bad, but I was kind of twitchy and stuttery, especially in a situation when I was on the air live, working without a script.”

    "Put THAT on the news!"

  • “I could see where a health-care business might be kind of twitchy about that sort of thing.”

    Making Light: Open thread 135

  • “Well, "twitchy" might be a little strong, but check.”

    Archive 2009-09-01

  • “China watchers say Beijing is already "twitchy" because all three presidential candidates in Taiwan's March election advocate de facto independence.”

    Newsweek: A Red-Flag Issue For Beijing

  • “Due to these frustrations, I can get kind of twitchy about the whole subject.”

    What if No One's Watching?: October 2007 Archives

  • “I am still trying to get my mind around a squirrel phobia - That would be a person to date, unlike spiders who must be squashed and mice that must be trapped or worse SNAPPED ug, I have that job as Linda has mouse phobia, sqirrels are kind of twitchy by nature and easily scared.”

    My day with 'Demon Child' and Psycho the squirrel

  • “The "twitchy" lungs over-react even to cold air, exercise and smoke.”

    Asthma: chronic lung disease

  • “In the developer diary, Anthony Davidson explains the unique 'twitchy' way in which FORMULA ONE cars handle and how this is translated into authentic gameplay.”

    HEXUS.gaming : News

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