twitter

🇺🇸 /ˈtwɪtər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtwɪtə(r)/
Frequency
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verb
R

to make short, high-pitched sounds like a bird

The birds were twittering in the early morning.

R

to talk quickly and excitedly about unimportant things

Perry was always twittering on about something or other.

R

to post a short message on the social media platform Twitter

Some members of Congress twittered through the President’s big speech.

noun
R

the sound that birds make

The twitter of starlings.

R

a state of nervous excitement

She had been all of a twitter since she heard the good news that morning.

R

a short message posted on the social media platform Twitter

She posted a funny tweet on Twitter.

R

the social media platform where people post short messages called tweets

I follow her on Twitter.

translation

v. to make short, high-pitched sounds like a bird; to talk quickly and excitedly about unimportant things; to post a short message on the social media platform Twitter
n. the sound that birds make; a state of nervous excitement; a short message posted on the social media platform Twitter; the social media platform where people post short messages called tweets

Word Forms

3rd Present twitters
Progressive twittering
Past twittered
Plural twitters
Perfect twittered