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Twitter Meaning & Definition
Twitter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Twitter?

[n] a series of chirps
[v] make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Twitter: chirrup | chitter

Related Terms | Find terms related to Twitter:

See Also | cheep | chirp | chirrup | sound | twirp

Twitter In Webster's Dictionary

\Twit"ter\, n. [From {Twit}.] One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
\Twit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twittering}.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf. G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir?n, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra, Dan. quiddre. Cf. {Titter}.] 1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. --Gray. 2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. --J. Fletcher. 3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
\Twit"ter\, v. t. To utter with a twitter. --Cowper.
\Twit"ter\, n. 1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow. 2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. --Hudibras. 3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.

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