Adjective, : All that pressure at the office has made him twitchy. From Dictionary.com.
The new design puts you in the cockpit sooner and the ground combat is more "twitchy"- meshing with the space system. From Wordnik.com. [Order 66] Reference
Well, "twitchy" might be a little strong, but check. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
I could see where a health-care business might be kind of twitchy about that sort of thing. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 135] Reference
(But weren't they apt to be kind of twitchy in some regards, anyway?). From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
Combat is very "twitchy" and is mostly decided by player reflexes than character stats. From Wordnik.com. [rpgcodex.net] Reference
I have known that Macs are "twitchy" when it comes to third party RAM but this is ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
Ohio, said she understands why Coleman or any mayor would get "twitchy" about the snow's aftermath. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Winnowing thy russet wings above thy twitchy nest. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
He asked no questions, but was as twitchy as the horses. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
“With twitchy probes,” another added for good measure. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
Feeling twitchy and irritated, Jesse watched them disappear. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
"One second, Captain — these damned controls are twitchy.". From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
He's twitchy now, because he doesn't have anybody to fight with. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference
Some co-workers called him as quiet, twitchy, very, very unstable. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2005] Reference
The public is twitchy with populist impatience in the nervous '90s. From Wordnik.com. [The Year Everyone You Liked Quit] Reference
Morth was as twitchy as the ponies; Whandall didn't trust his magic. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
He was too twitchy and too fried and I was seriously worried about him. From Wordnik.com. [She's a Mystery Girl] Reference
Today, the nocturnal critters with twitchy pink noses are still around. From Wordnik.com. [Brooklyn's Rat Fix Backfires] Reference
Earlier in the evening, Kenner had been excited, almost twitchy-nervous. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
All of this is leaving many, many people in this city very, very twitchy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2007] Reference
But he is so nervous and twitchy that it makes everybody in the clubhouse uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Red Sox and Blue Staters] Reference
So if you ever see an elephant with a twitchy trunk, you'd be wise to stand back. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Tip Sheet] Reference
Once you've calmed your twitchy mouse finger and diversified, there's a final step. From Wordnik.com. [A Mix For All Seasons] Reference
He's unnerved and keeps looking at me in a way that makes me feel twitchy and unhinged. From Wordnik.com. [The Grief Benches] Reference
The meaning, conveyed with twitchy, almost exaggerated arm and head gestures, was clear. From Wordnik.com. [Gansevoort Ridge] Reference
BECK: And have them think, "Oh, no, she ` s got a twitchy eye, she could go at any time.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2007] Reference
Like a young Robin Smith, that one, only without all the twitchy bicep flexing grrr stuff. From Wordnik.com. [England v Pakistan - day four as it happened] Reference
Everyone's a bit twitchy, a little bit nervous, perhaps a little bit philosophical as well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2005] Reference
Maybe he felt something then, a twitchy twinge of grief, but he swallowed hard and it went away. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
After that bogey at 15, Mr. Woods remained twitchy and visibly disgruntled the rest of the round. From Wordnik.com. [The Corpse Sits Up in Its Coffin] Reference
"One or two in the bank are getting twitchy about getting their money back at all," a source said. From Wordnik.com. [Taxpayer could take over Liverpool] Reference
So many films about Vietnam War veterans were showing damaged and twitchy and insane and dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2007] Reference
Although he had not slept, his mind was racing like a mill wheel in spate and his limbs felt twitchy. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
That was -- the claim there was that Barry Goldwater would be sort of twitchy on a nuclear hair trigger. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2006] Reference
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