Saccade

Definitions

1. A sudden jerking movement.
   rare
2. A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
3. The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
4. The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.

Equivalents

Examples

“He added the bill with a single saccade of his pulsing eyes.”

“Then 130 milliseconds or thousandths of a second later, each made a "saccade" - an extremely fast eye movement - to roughly where the ball was likely to bounce.”

“He paused, looking at me intently, his black-flecked eyes scanning my face⟳ in quick saccades.”

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