Meaning: Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion. Classified under: Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care. Synonyms: twitch; jerk. Context example: his face is twitching. Hypernyms (to twitch is one way to...): move involuntarily; move reflexively (move in an uncontrolled manner) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to twitch):