twitchings

Noun

twitching (countable and uncountable, plural twitchings)

1. The motion of something that twitches.
   • Your twitchings and jouncings disturb me excessively.1843, The Knickerbocker, volumes 21-22, page 73
2. Birdwatching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species or add a new species to a personal list.
   • Between the scientific austerities of the Rarities Committee and the worst excesses of those suffering from the twitching syndrome (vide the man whose wife managed to deflect him via the telephone and the AA at Newmarket from a Bluethroat in Norfolk to a Wall-creeper in Dorset) lies a considerable...1974, “Letters”, in British Birds, volume 67, number 1, London, page 30
3. (lumbering) Using a horse team to pull logs.
   • A great deal of horse-work was therefore required, and in twitching the logs[..]1861, Journal of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Brunswick, page 68

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