tweet
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
Digital Technology. a message posted on the Twitter social media service and website: the message may include text, links, photos, or videos.
to make a weak chirping sound.
Digital Technology. to post a message on Twitter: She tweets a lot about movies.
Digital Technology. to post (a message) on Twitter for (people) to read: He tweeted his fans after the event.
Origin of tweet
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How to use tweet in a sentence
SproutSocial shows that 53% of consumers recommend businesses or products in tweets while a further 48% follow through to purchase those products or services.
How social media influence 71% consumer buying decisions | Aleh Barysevich | November 20, 2020 | Search Engine WatchYou flagged some of his tweets, but there’s a lot that he puts out that doesn’t quite rise to the strict definition of misinformation, and yet misleads people about the nature of the pandemic.
EmTech Stage: Twitter’s CTO on misinformation | Tate Ryan-Mosley | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIn tweets and on Facebook Live, she gave followers a firsthand look at the vote-tallying and at the coterie of Republican observers who showed up to watch.
Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. | Reis Thebault | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostWe will continue to apply labels to provide additional context on tweets regarding the integrity of the process and next steps where necessary.
Twitter and Facebook warning labels aren’t enough to save democracy | Geoffrey Fowler | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostTwitter has added warning labels to several tweets sent from the president’s account or the official campaign account.
A viral video implied a man was illegally moving ballots. It was a photographer and his equipment. | Marisa Iati, Adriana Usero | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
Michelle Obama tweeting a hashtag is somehow cause for outrage.
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015 | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTShortly after the base fell militants started tweeting photographs of MANPADS, both the Russian-made SA-16 and SA-18.
Did ISIS Shoot Down a Fighter Jet? | Jamie Dettmer, Christopher Dickey | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPaul, meanwhile, has taken to cyberbullying Rubio, tweeting on Friday that he is “acting like an isolationist.”
Better institutionalize me a second time...” and “Academia is going to have to get used to a bit of immoderate tweeting.
Prof: MIT Hospitalized Me For Ferguson Tweets | Nina Strochlic | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTweeting and Instagramming about their participation, making themselves the story like they want to be congratulated.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting | Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTToday she was keeping her computer out, writing down quotes and tweeting thoughts as they came.
Makers | Cory DoctorowThe birds on the walls outside were audible, tweeting, chirping.
Diana of the Crossways, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for tweet
/ (twiːt) /
(often reiterated) an imitation or representation of the thin chirping sound made by small or young birds
(intr) to make this sound
a thin chirping sound
a short message posted on the Twitter website
Origin of tweet
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