noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that twitches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
twitcher
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈthwɪt͡ʃə]
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɚ/
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈthwɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈthwɪt͡ʃɹ̩]
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rhymes with -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
An avid birdwatcher who travels long distances to see rare species, or to add a new species to their personal list; a birder who goes on twitches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A streamer on the video livestream service Twitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From twitch + -er. The birdwatching sense first recorded in 1970 and recalled as being in use in 1968; claimed by R.E. Emmett to have arisen in 1950s Britain in reference to birder Howard Medhurst who often arrived at rare‐bird sites shivering after riding pillion on Emmett's motorcycle.
From Twitch + -er.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: nykijä — someone or something that twitches
- Finnish: sätkijä — someone or something that twitches
- Finnish: hiplari — someone or something that twitches
- German: manischer Vogelbeobachter — someone or something that twitches
- Dutch: twitcher — eager bird watcher
- Finnish: lintubongari — eager bird watcher
- Finnish: bongari — eager bird watcher
- French: cocheur — eager bird watcher