Scott Stossel

I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the age of 10, when I was first taken to a mental hospital for evaluation and then referred to a psychiatrist for treatment, tried in various ways to overcome my anxiety.

American Journalist

Jimmy Carr

If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself.

English Comedian

Roelof Botha

It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.

South African Businessman

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.

English Director

Henry Selick

Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it.

American Director

Julian Lennon

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.

English Musician

Julian Cope

British Musician

Alexander Armstrong

I always have my lunch watching Tim Wonnacott doing 'Bargain Hunt'. I get quite twitchy if it's not on for whatever reason.

English Actor

Scarlett Moffatt

Sometimes if I'm tired, my left eye feels a little bit twitchy, but I don't get pain or slur my words.

English Entertainer

Saffron Burrows

I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

English Actress

Used to describe discomfort or unease, usually showing a negative emotion.

Often Negative

Combines with 'feel' or 'look' to describe a person's state, often related to anxiety or stress.

Collocations Matter

Imagine situations that cause stress to understand when 'twitchy' might be used.

Stress Trigger

Focus on quick, small, repeated movements, like a nervous tic or involuntary movement.

Rapid Movement

Often used to describe animals or body parts showing quick, jerky movements.

Physical Description

Can suggest nervousness or the potential for sudden action due to underlying tension.

Indicates Tension

 and that was a challenge, indeed. But the idea is, we were there for a month and I wanted to acclimate the animals to us so that we could see behaviors without disturbing them. So the first week was pretty much spent just getting as close as we could, every day a little closer, a little closer, a little closer. And you knew what the limit they would start getting twitchy

Mike deGruy: Hooked by...

 the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on the iguana the iguana retreats

Giant Centipede PIPE...

 there's something about them now that's truly chilling the noses down they seem twitchy poised ready to explode I'm not

Twitchy