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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a spasm |
| Synonyms: | beat, blink, clasp, clutch, flutter, grab, grasp, grip, jerk, jiggle, jump, kick, lug, lurch, nip, pain, palpitate, pluck, pull, seize, shiver, shudder, snap, snatch, squirm, tic, tremble, tug, twinge, vellicate, yank |
| Main Entry: | fidget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move restlessly |
| Synonyms: | be antsy, be hyper, be nervous, be on pins and needles, be spooked, be wired, bustle, chafe, fiddle, fret, fuss, hitch, jiggle, jitter, joggle, jump, play, squirm, stir, toss, trifle, twiddle, twitch, wiggle, worry |
| Antonyms: | be still, relax, rest |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move with lurch |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bump, dance, flick, fling, flip, flop, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank |
| Main Entry: | jiggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bob, fidget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite; take small part |
| Synonyms: | catch, clip, compress, grip, munch, nab at, nibble, pinch, sink teeth into, snag, snap*, snip, squeeze*, take a chunk out of, tweak, twinge, twitch |
| Antonyms: | gorge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drawing something with force |
| Synonyms: | cull, dislocate, drag, evolve, extract, gather, haul, heave, jerk, lug, paddle, pick, pluck, remove, rend, rip, row, schlepp, sprain, strain, stretch, take out, tear, tow, trail, truck, tug, twitch, uproot, weed*, wrench, yank |
| Antonyms: | push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite, seize |
| Synonyms: | bite at, catch, clutch, grab, grasp, grip, jerk, lurch, nip, snatch, twitch, yank |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, loose |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch |
| Synonyms: | blanch, blench, bolt, bounce, bound, buck, dart, draw back, jerk, jump, jump the gun, leap, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, spring, squinch, startle, twitch, wince |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| Main Entry: | wag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wiggle back and forth |
| Synonyms: | beat, bob, fish-tail, flutter, lash, move side to side, nod, oscillate, quiver, rock, shake, shimmy, stir, sway, swing, switch, twitch, vibrate, waggle, wave |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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