English Explanatory Dictionary

twitter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
  2. Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
  3. A tremulous broken sound.
  4. A slight trembling of the nerves.
  5. Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.
verb
  1. To utter a succession of chirps.
  2. (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
  3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
  4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  5. To twit; to reproach or upbraid.
  6. Alternative form of Twitter.
noun
  1. A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit.
name
  1. An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.
noun
  1. A user account on Twitter.
  2. A feed on Twitter.
  3. A community on Twitter.
verb
  1. To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.

Pronunciation

twĭt'ər /ˈtwɪtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twitter.wav /ˈtwɪtəɹ/ [ˈtʰwɪɾ.ɚ] /ˈtwɪ.tə/ /ˈtwɪ.təɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Twitter.wav

Word forms

twitter twitters twittering twittered

Etymology

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”).

Synonyms

tweet bird app birdsite -twt

Derived words

twitter-bone twitter-boned atwitter twitterpated Anitwitter Black Twitter EduTwitter live-tweet retweet Rose Twitter Stan Twitter subtweet TGIF Twatter tweep tweeps tweet tweetable tweetaholic tweetdom tweeter tweetfest tweetheart tweetosphere tweetstorm tweetup twetiquette Twibel twiction twidiot twimmolation Twiplomacy twitfic Twitler Twitmo Twitpocalypse Twitterable Twitterati Twitterature Twitterbot Twitterdom Twitterer Twitterese Twitterfag Twitterfication Twitter freak Twitterism Twittermob Twitter novel Twitterrhea Twittersphere Twitterstorm Twitterverse Twittizen Twit-Tok twoosh twovel -twt twt twttr

Translations

Finnish: höpöttää
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