Definitions for "Convulsive"
Keywords:  spasm, laughter, spasmodic, jerky, rage
Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"