Twitch
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Twitch
Noun
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
"I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying."
- 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.
- A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.