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twitch
  1. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
  2. (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
  3. (farriery) 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. (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Each one stood in a perfect square, without so much as a twitch of movement.”
      “Antzane gave us a deep nod and a twitch of her skirt.”
      “Right at that moment, I felt a twitch in my neck, a small, minor pain.”
twitcher
  1. Someone or something that twitches.
  2. An eager birdwatcher who is willing to travel long distances to see rare species. (See the Wikipedia article for origin.)
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Turns out I'm a big twitcher, too, and this may explain why the dog has stopped sleeping in our bed.”
      “Who ever heard of a twitcher leaving his mobile phone on when bird watching?”
      “The nail-biter, hair-twirler, foot-tapper, chain-smoker, or twitcher rarely gets past one interview.”
twitching
twitchiness
  1. The state of being twitchy, physical restlessness.
  2. The state of being nervous and unsettled; edginess.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She couldn't shake off the twitchiness in her stomach as she waited for the test results.”
      “There's no twitchiness present in the chassis, even on an uphill chicane where the front tire momentarily leaves the pavement in the transition.”
      “They think the BBC's twitchiness reflects its desire to hang on to its use of transmitters inside Russia.”
twitch
  1. couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Each one stood in a perfect square, without so much as a twitch of movement.”
      “Antzane gave us a deep nod and a twitch of her skirt.”
      “Right at that moment, I felt a twitch in my neck, a small, minor pain.”
twitchings
twitchers
  1. plural of twitcher
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A twitchers ' paradise, the surrounding wetlands and marshes are protected by Birdwatch Ireland.”
      “The BIRDING COMMUNITY encompasses a broad spectrum of backyard birders, opportunist oglers, weekend watchers, and hardcore twitchers.”
      “The rufous turtle dove which saw a flurry of birdwatchers descend on Stromness earlier this month is still attracting twitchers.”
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