as in fidgety
making jerky or restless movements
examining the twitchy little poodle was a challenge for the vet
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Recent Examples of twitchy
Wait, doesn't Dallas already have a twitchy LB/edge hybrid?
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Everything about McMillan’s game is twitchy, quick and flexible.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 June 2025
The team must try to stay alive and save themselves from the twitchy canine machine while trying to find solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars and finding algae-eating nematodes!
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 May 2025
Also, the trigger locks will help in twitchy shooters or when firing arrows in RPGs.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Everything about McMillan’s game is twitchy, quick and flexible.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 June 2025
The team must try to stay alive and save themselves from the twitchy canine machine while trying to find solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars and finding algae-eating nematodes!
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 May 2025
Also, the trigger locks will help in twitchy shooters or when firing arrows in RPGs.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for twitchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitchy
Adjective
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Many young children will be fidgety sitting at a desk for a long period of time, so this can help.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
25 July 2024
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Karinchak, who is notoriously fidgety on the mound, was charged with a ball on an 0-2 count to the Mariners’ J.P. Crawford.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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Cafu, on the other hand, will be entering the ring with plenty of confidence and hunger, knowing that an upset win could change his life and put him at the center of the super flyweight spotlight.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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But that type of upset remains an exception, argues Litman, who says there were a handful of factors that made Foxx's race in Arizona a very different playing field.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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One of the biggest shifts since the time of Rose is that far fewer Americans are worried about this potential problem.—
Harry Enten,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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Critics of Greene's bill are worried that the legislation could disproportionately benefit higher-income individuals, who naturally stand to make more profits from a home sale.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The odds of a recession may be falling, but states appear to be betting that corporate leaders are still nervous.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Then there's the real world, which is entirely different, so in reality people have nothing to be nervous about.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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With Iran and its proxies diminished and Gulf states anxious to diversify their economies, any prospect for broader peace and normalization runs through Riyadh.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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This is their first major sit-down interview together, and both are a bit anxious.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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But Sandler was uninterested in the sport, and usually got antsy.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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But at least some analysts are getting antsy and are keen to see those kinds of PVH+ gains hit more of the company’s overall business.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
21 July 2025
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“Twitchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitchy. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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