A sharp or sudden pull; a tug, a jerk.

A sudden sharp pull, esp. of something of which one has just taken hold (formerly †spec. in wrestling or manual combat); a tug, jerk, or snatch.

The action or an instance of twitch, v.1 (in various senses); esp. (a) the action or an instance of pulling, snatching, or plucking at something…

A sudden sharp pull or tug; a jerk, a pluck, a snatch. Cf. twitch, v.1 1c.

A pluck, twitch, pull, tug; in quot. 1648 referring to the ‘tucking’ of freshmen at Oxford: see tuck, v.1 4b. Now only dialect.

transferred. A sharp pluck or twitch; a tweak; also, the effect of this: a twinge, a sharp pang. Now dialect.

A pull; a twitch; a tug; a draught.

A twisting or jerking movement; a twitch. Now chiefly U.S.

Originally U.S. A sudden vigorous pull, a jerk. Also figurative.