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"his body made a spasmodic jerk"adjectiveaffected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
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"spasmodic rifle fire"adjectiveoccurring in spells and often abruptly
Definition that contains spasmodic
- jerk an abrupt spasmodic movement
- hack cough spasmodically
- tickle touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
- jerking an abrupt spasmodic movement
- whoop cough spasmodically
- sneeze exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
- gulp a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
- jolt an abrupt spasmodic movement
- hiccup breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
- angina any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain