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Twitch

//twɪt͡ʃ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

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

    "On the Amazon Live homepage, fans can also chat with the host and one another in a Twitch-like side panel next to the live video."

Noun
  1. 1
    A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm. countable, uncountable

    "I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying."

  2. 2
    couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed) uncountable
  3. 3
    a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition wordnet
  4. 4
    Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one. countable, informal, uncountable
  5. 5
    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. countable, uncountable

    "THE TWITCH is a short stick of strong ash, about the size of a mopstick, with a hole pierced near the end, through which is passed a piece of strong but small cord, and tied in a loop large enough to admit the open hand freely."

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  1. 6
    A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a twitch; spasm. intransitive

    "His fingers were nervously twitching."

  2. 2
    make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to twitch; spasm. transitive

    "Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses..."

  4. 4
    move or pull with a sudden motion wordnet
  5. 5
    To jerk sharply and briefly. transitive

    "to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention"

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  1. 6
    squeeze tightly between the fingers wordnet
  2. 7
    To exert oneself. obsolete
  3. 8
    move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions wordnet
  4. 9
    To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one. transitive

    ""The Birdwatchers Handbook ... will be a clear asset to those who 'twitch' in Europe.""

  5. 10
    toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).

Etymology 2

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).

Etymology 3

alternate of quitch

Etymology 4

Inspired by the term twitch gameplay.

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