Twitch

Definitions

1. A live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming.
2. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
   countable, uncountable
3. couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
   uncountable
4. Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
   countable, informal, uncountable
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
6. A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
   countable, uncountable
7. The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
   countable, uncountable
8. A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

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