vellicate

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seğirmek
seğirt/seğir
seğirtmek
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to pinch
to irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

Smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth.

to touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

It was nothing much - just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye,.

make to twitch
To twitch or move erratically
{f} pull, pinch; contort
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively
To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates
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