Twitchy
adjective
Feeling nervous and unable to relax.
He felt twitchy all day before the big meeting.
Often appears as...
- feel twitchy
- look twitchy
adjective
Characterized by rapid, sudden movements.
The twitchy squirrel ran up and down the tree.
Often appears as...
- twitchy movement
- twitchy tail
adjective
Feeling nervous and unable to relax.
He felt twitchy all day before the big meeting.
Often appears as...
- feel twitchy
- look twitchy
adjective
Characterized by rapid, sudden movements.
The twitchy squirrel ran up and down the tree.
Often appears as...
- twitchy movement
- twitchy tail
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
Used to describe discomfort or unease, usually showing a negative emotion.
During the silent exam, he looked twitchy and distracted.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocations Matter
Combines with 'feel' or 'look' to describe a person's state, often related to anxiety or stress.
She always feels twitchy before public speaking.
Pro Tip 3/3Stress Trigger
Imagine situations that cause stress to understand when 'twitchy' might be used.
Waiting for test results got him all twitchy.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
Used to describe discomfort or unease, usually showing a negative emotion.
During the silent exam, he looked twitchy and distracted.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocations Matter
Combines with 'feel' or 'look' to describe a person's state, often related to anxiety or stress.
She always feels twitchy before public speaking.
Pro Tip 3/3Stress Trigger
Imagine situations that cause stress to understand when 'twitchy' might be used.
Waiting for test results got him all twitchy.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
Used to describe discomfort or unease, usually showing a negative emotion.
During the silent exam, he looked twitchy and distracted.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocations Matter
Combines with 'feel' or 'look' to describe a person's state, often related to anxiety or stress.
She always feels twitchy before public speaking.
Pro Tip 3/3Stress Trigger
Imagine situations that cause stress to understand when 'twitchy' might be used.
Waiting for test results got him all twitchy.
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Video examples
Mike deGruy: Hooked by...
and that was a challenge, indeed. But the idea is, we were there for a month and I wanted to acclimate the animals to us so that we could see behaviors without disturbing them. So the first week was pretty much spent just getting as close as we could, every day a little closer, a little closer, a little closer. And you knew what the limit they would start getting twitchy
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on the iguana the iguana retreats
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Diving with Dangerous...
there's something about them now that's truly chilling the noses down they seem twitchy poised ready to explode I'm not
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Mike deGruy: Hooked by...
and that was a challenge, indeed. But the idea is, we were there for a month and I wanted to acclimate the animals to us so that we could see behaviors without disturbing them. So the first week was pretty much spent just getting as close as we could, every day a little closer, a little closer, a little closer. And you knew what the limit they would start getting twitchy
Video examples
Giant Centipede PIPE...
the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on the iguana the iguana retreats
Video examples
Diving with Dangerous...
there's something about them now that's truly chilling the noses down they seem twitchy poised ready to explode I'm not
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Scott Stossel
American Journalist
I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the age of 10, when I was first taken to a mental hospital for evaluation and then referred to a psychiatrist for treatment, tried in various ways to overcome my anxiety.
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Jimmy Carr
English Comedian
If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself.
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Roelof Botha
South African Businessman
It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson
English Director
I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Henry Selick
American Director
Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it.
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Julian Lennon
English Musician
I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.
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Julian Cope
British Musician
I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.
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Alexander Armstrong
English Actor
I always have my lunch watching Tim Wonnacott doing 'Bargain Hunt'. I get quite twitchy if it's not on for whatever reason.
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Scarlett Moffatt
English Entertainer
Sometimes if I'm tired, my left eye feels a little bit twitchy, but I don't get pain or slur my words.
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Saffron Burrows
English Actress
I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
Quote examples
Scott Stossel
American Journalist
I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the age of 10, when I was first taken to a mental hospital for evaluation and then referred to a psychiatrist for treatment, tried in various ways to overcome my anxiety.
Quote examples
Jimmy Carr
English Comedian
If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself.
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Roelof Botha
South African Businessman
It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson
English Director
I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Henry Selick
American Director
Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it.
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Julian Lennon
English Musician
I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.
Quote examples
Julian Cope
British Musician
I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.
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Alexander Armstrong
English Actor
I always have my lunch watching Tim Wonnacott doing 'Bargain Hunt'. I get quite twitchy if it's not on for whatever reason.
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Scarlett Moffatt
English Entertainer
Sometimes if I'm tired, my left eye feels a little bit twitchy, but I don't get pain or slur my words.
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Saffron Burrows
English Actress
I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
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