twitch

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• /twɪt͡ʃ/
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• [thw̥ɪt͡ʃ]
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Inspired by the term twitch gameplay.

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”)).

alternate of quitch

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тик (tik) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Bulgarian: конвулсия (konvulsija) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Catalan: espasme — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Catalan: tic — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽搐 (chōuchù) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Czech: tik — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Czech: cukání — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Finnish: nykäisy — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Finnish: nykäys — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Finnish: nytkähdys — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Finnish: säpsähdys — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Finnish: sätky — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• French: tic — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Galician: tic — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• German: Zuckung — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• German: Zucken — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Indonesian: kedut — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Italian: tic — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Italian: spasimo — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Japanese: 引き攣り (hikitsuri) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Māori: tākiri — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Māori: tamaki — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Māori: hōkai — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Polish: drgawka — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Polish: skurcz — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Portuguese: tique — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Portuguese: espasmo — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Russian: подёргивание (podjórgivanije) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Russian: су́дорога (súdoroga) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Russian: тик (tik) — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Serbo-Croatian: тик — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Serbo-Croatian: трзај — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Serbo-Croatian: tik — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Serbo-Croatian: trzaj — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Slovak: šklbnutie — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Slovak: myknutie — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Slovak: trhnutie — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Spanish: tic — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Swedish: ryckning — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Tagalog: kislot — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Tagalog: kibot — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Tagalog: piksi — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Tagalog: pasag — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Tagalog: kiso — brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
• Finnish: bongaus — action of bird spotting
• Arabic: زِيَار (ziyār) — (farriery)
• Danish: bremse — (farriery)
• Danish: brems — (farriery)
• Dutch: praam — (farriery)
• Middle Dutch: kleppe — (farriery)
• Middle Dutch: klippe — (farriery)
• Finnish: huulipuristin — (farriery)
• French: tord-nez — (farriery)
• French: morailles — (farriery)
• Galician: aceal — (farriery)
• German: Nasenbremse — (farriery)
• German: Bremse — (farriery)
• German: Klappe — (farriery)
• German: Kluppe — (farriery)
• German: Knuppe — (farriery)
• German: Maulholz — (farriery)
• Ancient Greek: προστομίς (prostomís) — (farriery)
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιστομίς (epistomís) — (farriery)
• Italian: imboccatura — (farriery)
• Latin: postomis, -idis — (farriery)
• Latin: prostomis, -idis — (farriery)
• Latin: epistomis, -idis — (farriery)
• Latin: epistomium — (farriery)
• Latin: repāgulum — (farriery)
• Latin: pāgula — (farriery)
• Latin: cōnfībula — (farriery)
• Leonese: aceal — (farriery)
• Lithuanian: premsai — (farriery)
• Middle Low German: kleppe — (farriery)
• Middle Low German: klippe — (farriery)
• Middle Low German: premese — (farriery)
• Middle Low German: premtze — (farriery)
• Middle Low German: premisse — (farriery)
• Middle Low German: mūlholt — (farriery)
• Polish: dutka — (farriery)
• Portuguese: aziar — (farriery)
• Spanish: aciar — (farriery)
• Spanish: acial — (farriery)
• Swedish: brems — (farriery)
• Walloon: toitche-nez — (farriery)
• Yiddish: ברעמע (breme) — (farriery)
• Bulgarian: спазъм (spazǎm) — (physiology) muscle contraction
• Hungarian: rángás — (physiology) muscle contraction
• Italian: spasmo — (physiology) muscle contraction
• Italian: contrazione — (physiology) muscle contraction
• Italian: tremito — (physiology) muscle contraction
• Māori: rare — (physiology) muscle contraction
• Azerbaijani: səyirmək — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽搐 (chōuchù) — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Czech: cuknout — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Czech: cukat — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Finnish: nytkähtää — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Finnish: hätkähtää — to perform a twitch; spasm
• French: spasmer — to perform a twitch; spasm
• French: secouer — to perform a twitch; spasm
• French: tressauter — to perform a twitch; spasm
• German: zucken — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Italian: spasimare — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Latin: tremulo — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: kōwhiti — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: waitākiri — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: arawhiti — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: tākiri — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: kowhera — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: io — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: hui — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Māori: korowhiti — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Russian: дёргаться (djórgatʹsja) — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Russian: дёрнуться (djórnutʹsja) — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Russian: подёргиваться (podjórgivatʹsja) — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Slovak: myknúť sa — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Slovak: mykať sa — to perform a twitch; spasm
• Dutch: rukken — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Finnish: nykäistä — to jerk sharply and briefly
• German: zupfen an — to jerk sharply and briefly
• German: reißen an — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Italian: strattonare — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Māori: tupana — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Russian: дёргать (djórgatʹ) — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Russian: дёрнуть (djórnutʹ) — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Serbo-Croatian: trzati — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Slovak: potiahnuť — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Slovak: myknúť — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Slovak: mykať — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Slovak: šklbnúť — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Slovak: šklbať — to jerk sharply and briefly
• Dutch: vogelen — to spot a bird
• Dutch: vogelspotten — to spot a bird
• Dutch: twitchen — to spot a bird
• Finnish: bongata — to spot a bird
• Italian: individuare — to spot a bird
• Italian: identificare — to spot a bird