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

• Twitches (disambiguation)