English Explanatory Dictionary

tweet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
  3. An entry on any microblogging service.
verb
  1. To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
  2. To post an entry to Twitter.
  3. To post an entry to any microblogging site.
intj
  1. used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“Twitter post”).
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“to post on Twitter”).

Pronunciation

/ˈtwiːt/ /ˈtwit/ en-us-tweet.ogg

Word forms

tweet tweets tweeting tweeted twote twoten

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).

Related words

Tweet skeet toot xeet twitter

Derived words

live-tweet quote tweet retweet subtweet tweeter tweetup
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