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twitch

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Noun

  1. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
  2. Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
  3. A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
  4. A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
  5. The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
  6. A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
  7. couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)

Verb

  1. To perform a twitch; spasm.
  2. To cause to twitch; spasm.
  3. To jerk sharply and briefly.
  4. To exert oneself.
  5. To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.

Proper noun

  1. A live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming.

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