Convulse - Definition

v 1: make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian
convulsed the crowd"
2: be overcome with laughter
3: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]
4: shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
5: cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
6: contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her
face convulsed"