Synonyms of the word

vellication

• n. (chiefly medicine, obsolete) A spasmodic twitching.

cramp

• n. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
• n. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
• n. A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
• n. A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper…
• v. (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
• v. (transitive) To prohibit movement or expression.
• v. (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
• v. To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp.
• v. (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
• v. To form on a cramp.

spasm

• n. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
• n. A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
• n. A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.
• v. To produce and undergo a spasm.

twitch

• n. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
• n. (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
• n. (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over…
• n. (physiology, countable) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal…
• v. (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
• v. (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
• v. (transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
• n. couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed).

twitching

• n. The motion of something that twitches.
• n. compulsive birdwatching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species.
• v. present participle of twitch.
• adj. That twitches.