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twitcher

Syllables: twit·cherUK/ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/US/ˈtwɪt͡ʃɚ/

twitcher noun: someone or something that twitches.

Noun (1)

twitcher (plural twitchers)

  1. Someone or something that twitches.
  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.
    • It is difficult to classify them precisely, but, in roughly ascending order of productivity, we now recognise the purely chance observer, the locality regulars (now recognising that ‘time in’ eventually equals ‘rarity out’), the ringers (particularly when working in groups), the occasional...1970, D.I.M. Wallace, “The first ten years of the Rarities Committee”, in British Birds, volume 63, number 3, London, page 124
    • Twitchers are very mobile and may travel great distances to see rare birds, of which they hear through their efficient 'grapevine'.1981, Peter Weaver, The Birdwatcher's Dictionary, London: T & AD Poyser, page 120

Noun (2) capitalized: Twitcher

Twitcher (plural Twitchers)

  1. A streamer on the video livestream service Twitch.
    • The Twitchers interact with their audiences in multiple ways in order to create communities.2022, Natalia Quintas-Froufe, Ana González-Neira, “First Studies of the Migration of Television Content to Twitch in Spain”, in Álvaro Rocha, Daniel Barredo, Paulo Carlos López-López, Iván...
    • Some messages warn against not being fooled, and that YouTubers or Twitchers should be somewhat absolved because “it’s their job” (C2), with the “dirty rotten system” (C2) to blame in which “EA decides who get what” (C2). […] Players post messages stressing the differences between themselves and...2022, Piotr Siuda, Mark R. Johnson, “Microtransaction Politics in FIFA Ultimate Team: Game Fans, Twitch Streamers, and Electronic Arts”, in Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood, Carlin Wing, editors, EA...

Forms of twitcher

pluraltwitchers
pluralTwitchers

Origin of twitcher

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.

Words formed from twitcher

Words that rhyme with twitcher

Questions about twitcher

What does twitcher mean?
Twitcher means someone or something that twitches.
What part of speech is twitcher?
Twitcher is a noun.
How do you pronounce twitcher?
Twitcher is pronounced /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/ (UK).
What is the plural of twitcher?
The plural of twitcher is twitchers.

Words near twitcher in the dictionary

  1. twitchel
  2. Twitchell
  3. Twitchellian
  4. Twitchells
  5. twitchels
  6. twitcher
  7. twitchers
  8. twitches
  9. twitchet
  10. twitchets
  11. twitchety

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twitcher (page history and authors); Twitcher (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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