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Substantiivi

1. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
2. couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
3. (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
4. (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
5. (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
6. (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
7. (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.

Verbi

1. (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
2. (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
3. (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
4. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
5. (transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.