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tweet¹
- /ˈtwiːt/
- [ˈtʰwɪi̯t]
Rhymes with -iːt
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
noun tweets
- The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. [Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.
- An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.
- An entry on any microblogging service. He was watching the media coverage, talking to his lawyers. And we saw that because of his tweets on Truth Social, or his posts on Truth Social.
verb tweets · tweeting · tweeted
- To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds. [Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.
- To post an entry to Twitter. In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.
- To post an entry to any microblogging site. In response to the motion, Trump tweeted on Truth Social
interjection
- used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit. I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds
Tweet²
Where it comes from
Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.
proper noun Tweets
- A surname.
Tweet³
noun Tweets
- Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“Twitter post”). Twitter allows users, called Twitterers, to stay constantly connected with friends and family by sending and receiving messages short messages called Tweets.[…]Write a short story in the maximum length of a Tweet.
verb Tweets · Tweeting · Tweeted
- Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“to post on Twitter”). Girls want pictures with him; guys dress like him for Halloween; more than 500 people “Tweet” his whereabouts on the social networking Web site.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: twitch, nip, pinch, twinge, vellicate, squeeze, chirp, twitter, pipe, whistle, cheep, twittering, whistling, quawk, song, whiff
Translations
Every language
noun sound
| Español | pío, piada, silbada, gorjeo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 鳴叫 /鸣叫 míngjiào |
| Português | pio |
| Français | gazouillis, pépiement |
| Deutsch | Zwitschern |
| Русский | чири́канье čiríkanʹje, щебета́нье ščebetánʹje, трель trelʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng hót |
| עברית | צִיּוּץ tsiyúts |
noun internet: entry
| Español | tuit, tuiteo, tweet, trino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 트윗 teuwit, 트위트 teuwiteu |
| 日本語 | ツイート tsuīto, つぶやき tsubuyaki |
| 中文 | 推文 tuīwén |
| हिन्दी | ट्वीट ṭvīṭ |
| Português | tuíte, tweet |
| Français | tweet, gazouillis |
| Deutsch | Tweet, Twitterbeitrag, Twittereintrag |
| Русский | твит tvit |
| العربية | تَغْرِيدَة taḡrīda |
| עברית | צִיּוּץ tsiyúts |
verb to make a short high-pitched sound
| Español | piar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | さえずる saezuru |
| 中文 | 鳴叫 /鸣叫 míngjiào |
| Português | piar |
| Deutsch | zwitschern |
| Ελληνικά | κελαηδώ kelaïdó |
| Русский | щебета́ть ščebetátʹ, чири́кать čiríkatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hót |
| עברית | צִיֵּץ tsiyéts |
verb social media: to post an entry to Twitter
| Español | tuitear, twittear, trinar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ツイートする tsuīto-suru, つぶやく tsubuyaku |
| 中文 | 发推 fātuī |
| Português | twittar, tuitar |
| Français | twitter, twitterer, tweeter, gazouiller |
| Deutsch | twittern, tweeten, zwitschern |
| Italiano | cinguettare |
| Русский | тви́тить tvítitʹ, тви́тать tvítatʹ, тви́тнуть tvítnutʹ |
| العربية | غَرَّدَ ḡarrada |
| עברית | צִיֵּץ tsiyéts |
intj used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
| 中文 | 啾 jiū |
|---|---|
| Português | piu |
| Русский | чик-чирик čik-čirik, чирик-чирик čirik-čirik, чив-чив čiv-čiv |
| Tiếng Việt | líu lo, líu la líu lo, líu lô |
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