twitch(3) (iou) and measly tapeworm (medicine)

twitch(3) (iou)

twitch verb1. ME.

verb intrans. Pull or jerk sharply; give a sudden sharp pull or tug at. ME.
E. Wharton Fidgeting, twitching at her draperies..when people were noticing her.
verb trans. Give a sudden sharp pull at; take suddenly or with a jerk; snatch away, from, etc. Also (now rare), pluck (the strings of a musical instrument). Freq. with prepositions or adverbs. ME.
V. Woolf She twitched her husband's sleeve. P. D. James She leaned forward to twitch another grape from the bunch.
b. Snatch by way of robbery or theft. Now rare. E17.
c. Pull (logs) along the ground with a chain. M19.
verb trans. Pinch and pluck at (as) with pincers or tweezers, nip; hurt or pain in this way. Now chiefly dial. LME.
fig.: D. W. Jerrold [He] was twitched by a momentary surprise, but directly recovered himself.
verb trans. Orig., (esp. of a horse) draw up (a limb etc.) sharply or with a jerk. Now, move (part of the body etc.) spasmodically or convulsively. E16.
J. C. Oates Lodestar held his ground,..twitching his nostrils.
verb intrans. Orig. (rare), proceed in a jerking or irregular way. Now, (of the muscles, limbs, etc.) make jerky or spasmodic involuntary movements; contract convulsively. L16.
G. Vidal His mouth was twitching from the strain. A. Carter Its paws would twitch as it chased rabbits in its sleep.
b. verb intrans. Of a motor vehicle etc.: judder slightly or veer momentarily sideways, esp. when travelling at high speed. Also foll. by out. colloq. L20.
verb trans.
a. Draw tight by means of a cord etc.; tie or fasten tightly or firmly. Also, tie or fasten (a cord etc.) tightly. Now dial. E17.
W. Law Her Stays which her Mother had ordered to be twitch'd so strait.
b. Castrate (a horse) by means of a cord looped over the testicles and drawn tight. Also, restrain (a horse) by means of a twitch or noose around the lips (see TWITCH noun1 1b). M19.
verb intrans. Mining. Of a vein of ore: become compressed or narrowed; run out. E18.
a. verb intrans. Watch for or spot rare birds, esp. obsessively. Cf. TWITCHER 4. slang. L20.
b. verb trans. Make a sighting of (a rare bird). slang. L20.
twitched ppl adjective (a) that has (been) twitched; (b) slang twitchy, irritable: L19.

measly tapeworm (medicine)

measly tapeworm

The pork tapeworm, formally known as taenia solium. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm.

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