Twitch
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Twitch may refer to:
Physiology
- Muscle contraction
- Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation
- Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction
- Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle contractions
- Myokymia, a continuous, involuntary muscle twitch that affects the muscles of the face
- Spasm, a sudden, involuntary contraction
- Tic, an involuntary, repetitive, nonrhythmic action
- Tremor, an involuntary, repetitive, somewhat rhythmic action
Entertainment
- Twitch.tv, a live streaming video website founded in 2011, primarily focused on video gaming
- Twitch (film), a 2005 short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff
- Twitch Film, a film website
- Twitch (TV series), a video game themed television show which ran between 1995 and 1997
- Twitch gameplay, a computer or video game in which the player must react quickly
- Twitch the Plague Rat, a character in the video game League of Legends
- Maximilian "Twitch" Williams, character in the comic series Sam and Twitch
Music
- Twitch (Ministry album), 1986
- Twitch (Aldo Nova album), 1985
- Twitch (EP), a 1996 musical recording by Jebediah
People
- Stephen "tWitch" Boss (born 1982), American dancer known from the TV series So You Think You Can Dance
- Jeremy Stenberg (born 1981), American motocross rider
Other uses
- Twitch (device), used to restrain horses
- Twitch grass
- Twitch, in birdwatching, to pursue and observe a rare bird
See also
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