twitch

twitch
1. transitive verb
1) zupfen
2) zucken mit [Nase, Schwanz]; wackeln mit [Ohr]
2. intransitive verb
1) (pull sharply) zupfen (at an + Dat.)
2) [Mund, Lippen, Hand, Nase:] zucken
3. noun
Zucken, das
* * *
[twi ] 1. verb
1) (to (cause to) move jerkily: His hands were twitching.) zucken
2) (to give a little pull or jerk to (something): He twitched her sleeve.) zupfen
2. noun
(a twitching movement.) das Zucken
* * *
twitch
[ˈtwɪtʃ]
I. vi zucken
to \twitch violently heftig zucken
II. vt
to \twitch sth
1. (jerk) mit etw dat zucken
to \twitch one's nose rabbit schnuppern
2. (tug quickly) etw zupfen
she \twitched her skirt to straighten it sie zupfte ihren Rock glatt; SPORT
she \twitched the reins to the right sie zog die Zügel nach rechts
III. n
<pl -es>
1. (jerky spasm)
to have a [nervous [or facial]] \twitch nervöse Zuckungen haben
2. (quick tug) Ruck m
a \twitch of the crop SPORT ein leichter Schlag mit der Reitpeitsche
a \twitch of the reins SPORT ein rasches Ziehen an den Zügeln
* * *
[twɪtʃ]
1. n
1) (= tic) Zucken nt; (= individual spasm) Zuckung f

to give a twitch — zucken

2) (= pull) Ruck m (of an +dat)

to give sth a twitch — an etw (dat) rucken

2. vi
(face, muscles) zucken

the cat's nose twitched when I brought in the fish — die Katze schnupperte, als ich den Fisch hereinbrachte

3. vt
1) tail, ears, nose, eyebrows zucken mit
2) (= pull) zupfen

he twitched the letter from her hands — er schnappte ihr den Brief aus den Händen

* * *
twitch [twıtʃ]
A v/t
1. zupfen oder reißen an (dat)
2. jemanden kneifen oder zwicken (in akk)
3. mit den Lippen etc zucken
B v/i
1. zucken (with vor dat)
2. zupfen, reißen (beide:
at an dat)
C s
1. a) Zucken n
b) Zuckung f
2. Ruck m
3. Stich m (Schmerz)
4. Nasenbremse f (für Pferde)
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) zupfen
2) zucken mit [Nase, Schwanz]; wackeln mit [Ohr]
2. intransitive verb
1) (pull sharply) zupfen (at an + Dat.)
2) [Mund, Lippen, Hand, Nase:] zucken
3. noun
Zucken, das
* * *
v.
zupfen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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