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• Twitch City — is a Canadian sitcom produced by CBC Television. The series aired as two short runs in 1998 and 2000. The series also aired in the United States on Bravo, and in Australia.Set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, the series …   Wikipedia

• twitch — (v.) late 12c., to twic chen pull apart with a quick jerk, related to O.E. twiccian to pluck, from P.Gmc. *twikjonan (Cf. Low Ger. twicken, Du. twikken, O.H.G. gizwickan, Ger. zwicken to pinch, tweak ). Related: Twitched; twitching. The noun is… …   Etymology dictionary

• Twitch of the Death Nerve — Infobox Film name = Twitch of the Death Nerve caption = DVD Cover for American release of Twitch of the Death Nerve director = Mario Bava producer = Giuseppe Zaccariello writer = Mario Bava Giuseppe Zaccariello Filippo Ottoni Sergio Canevari… …   Wikipedia

• Twitch (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Twitch Type = studio Artist = Ministry Released = July 8, 1986 Recorded = Southern Studios, London Genre = Industrial music Length = 45:41 Label = Sire/Warner Bros. Records 25309 Producer = Adrian Sherwood Alain Jourgensen… …   Wikipedia

• Twitch (device) — A twitch is a device that is used to restrain horses for various stressful situations, such as veterinary treatment. It is made up of a stick like handle or metal ring with either a loop of chain or rope on the end, which is wrapped around the… …   Wikipedia

• twitch — twitch1 [twıtʃ] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Low German] 1.) [I and T] if a part of someone s body twitches, or if they twitch it, it makes a small sudden movement ▪ His mouth twitched slightly, and then he smiled. ▪ He twitched his… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• twitch — I. /twɪtʃ / (say twich) verb (t) 1. to give a short, sudden pull or tug at; jerk. 2. to pull or draw with a hasty jerk. 3. to move (a part of the body) with a jerk. 4. to pinch and pull sharply; nip. –verb (i) 5. to move or be moved in a quick,… …  

• twitch grass — Quitch grass Quitch grass (kw[i^]ch gr[.a]s ). [Properly quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See {Quick}, and cf. {Couch grass}.] (Bot.) A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens}) having long… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• twitch\ gamer — Someone whose success at video games comes from hitting buttons as quickly as possible. See button masher. In our case, derived from the speech balloon that came up whenever you stopped moving in the Simpsons arcade game: Hit buttons! Wiggle… …   Dictionary of american slang

• twitch\ gamer — Someone whose success at video games comes from hitting buttons as quickly as possible. See button masher. In our case, derived from the speech balloon that came up whenever you stopped moving in the Simpsons arcade game: Hit buttons! Wiggle… …   Dictionary of american slang

• Sam and Twitch — Sam Burke and Maximilian Twitch Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane s hit comic series Spawn . Due to their popularity, they were later given their… …   Wikipedia