sätkiä — meaning in English

English meaning

• convulse verb To shake uncontrollably as your muscles jerk violently.
• fidget verb To move restlessly or make small nervous movements.
• jump verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.

Senses

sätkiä is used for these senses in English:

• convulse (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
• fidget (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
• jump (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

convulse — full definition

1. verb To shake uncontrollably as your muscles jerk violently.
2. verb To be thrown into serious political or social unrest.
3. verb To make someone shake or double over, especially from laughing very hard.
4. verb To throw something into chaos or disorder.

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