twitch
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twitch englanniksi
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
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Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
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.
{{quote-text|en|year=1861|author=John Henry Walsh|title=The Horse in the Stable and in the Field
A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
(quote-journal)|location=London|volume=75|issue=11|page=498|column=|text=Siberian Crane ... Following its departure, there was much speculation that rediscovery at a less inaccessible locality would lead to one of the great twitches of 1981; alas, this was not to be.
To perform a twitch; spasm.
To cause to twitch; spasm.
(RQ:Williams Velveteen Rabbit)
To jerk sharply and briefly.
(RQ:Pope Rape of the Lock)
To exert oneself. (defdate)
To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
(quote-journal)|location=London|volume=75|issue=11|page=504|column=|text=Marsh Sandpiper ... This delicate ‘mini shank’ has graced our shores for the past six successive years and has become increasingly easy to twitch.
{{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Mark Cocker|title=Birders: Tales of a Tribe|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tv-Noj1Fvc0C|page=52|isbn=0802139965
{{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Sean Dooley|title=The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fWLmpqL4EMsC|page=119|isbn=1741145287
To engage in twitching.
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