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tweet.

The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtwiːt/[ˈtʰwɪi̯t]
  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.

    broadly
Where this word 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).

verb/ˈtwiːt/[ˈtʰwɪi̯t]
  1. To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.

    intransitive
  2. To post an entry to Twitter.

    ambitransitive
  3. To post an entry to any microblogging site.

    ambitransitive · broadly
Where this word 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).

intj/ˈtwiːt/[ˈtʰwɪi̯t]
  1. used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.

Where this word 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).

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