convulse

Meanings

• make someone convulse with laughter
  • "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
• be overcome with laughter
• move or stir about violently
• shake uncontrollably
  • "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
• cause to contract
  • "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
• contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
  • "The muscles in her face convulsed"

Synonyms

jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss