To perform a twitch; spasm.
To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
To jerk sharply and briefly.
To cause to twitch; spasm.
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.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
To pull or twist violently.
To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed.
To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
A distorting change from the original meaning.
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
A violent emotional change caused by separation.