Twitched

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twitch \Twitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Twitching}.] [OE. twicchen, fr. (doubtful) AS. twiccian;
     akin to AS. angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a
     hook twitcher, LG. twikken to tweak, G. zwicken. Cf.
     {Tweak}.]
     To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick


     motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch
     a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of
     grapes.
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           Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. --Pope.
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