twit.
To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
Meaning & usage
To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
To criticize or disapprove of (something), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
Followed by it: to speak or write (something) in a taunting or teasing manner.
To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
To be indiscreet; to gossip.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *h₂éd The verb is an apheretic form of atwite (“(obsolete) to blame, reproach”), from Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). Piecewise doublet of advise. The noun is probably derived from the verb, although it is attested in print earlier.
A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
An annoying or foolish person.
A person who chatters or gossips inanely; a chatterer, a gossip or gossiper; also, a person who divulges private information about others or is indiscreet; a tattletale.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *h₂éd The verb is an apheretic form of atwite (“(obsolete) to blame, reproach”), from Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). Piecewise doublet of advise. The noun is probably derived from the verb, although it is attested in print earlier.
Used to represent the short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else: cheep, tweet.
Where this word comes from
Imitative of a bird’s call.
A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
Where this word comes from
Imitative of a bird’s call.
Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
Where this word comes from
Clipping of twitter.
Clipping of twitter (“a knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving”).
Where this word comes from
Clipping of twitter.
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