tweet

American  

[tweet] / twit /

noun

• tweets
  plural

1. a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.

2. Digital Technology. a message posted on the Twitter social media service and website: the message may include text, links, photos, or videos.

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verb (used without object)

• tweets,
  present (3rd person singular)
• tweeted,
  past participle,  past
• tweeting
  present participle

1. to make a weak chirping sound.

2. Digital Technology. to post a message on Twitter.

   She tweets a lot about movies.

verb (used with object)

• tweets,
  present (3rd person singular)
• tweeted,
  past participle,  past
• tweeting
  present participle

1. Digital Technology. to post (a message) on Twitter for (people) to read.

   He tweeted his fans after the event.

tweet British  

/ twiːt /

interjection

1. (often reiterated) an imitation or representation of the thin chirping sound made by small or young birds

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verb

1. (intr) to make this sound

noun

1. a thin chirping sound

2. a short message posted on the Twitter website

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• tweets
  plural

Participles

• tweeting
  present
• tweeted
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• tweet
  simple
• tweets
  simple
• have tweeted
  perfect
• has tweeted
  perfect
• am tweeting
  progressive
• are tweeting
  progressive
• is tweeting
  progressive
• have been tweeting
  perfect progressive
• has been tweeting
  perfect progressive

Past

• tweeted
  simple
• had tweeted
  perfect
• was tweeting
  progressive
• were tweeting
  progressive
• had been tweeting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will tweet
  simple
• will have tweeted
  perfect
• will be tweeting
  progressive
• will have been tweeting
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of tweet

First recorded in 1835–45; imitative

Example Sentences

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Many people sent me that tweet, and it’s completely true to herself.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

"The full odyssey movie in a tweet, as nolan intended," one user joked.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Curiously, a number of people on X, replying to Elliott’s tweet, seemed to think this would be negative for TIPS.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Tom Brady, who played in nearly that many Super Bowls, summed up the feeling in a tweet as he watched Cristiano Ronaldo score twice on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

I crafted my first tweet in the fall of 2011 to promote Joining Forces and then watched it zing through the strange, boundless ether where people increasingly spent their time.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Tesla stock rose in premarket trading, influenced by CEO Elon Musk’s tweets and a broader market uptick.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

She also has a much longer and more provocative posting history that was uncovered during the course of the campaign, though she has said she’s “grown considerably” since posting those tweets.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

He also agreed to have his tweets approved by lawyers, though that agreement was later modified to apply only to market-moving information about Tesla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

"I can't tell you the number of tweets I got from fans saying, 'it's OK as long as we have one more seat than Anfield'," recalled Meis.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

After all, all the tweets and Facebook status updates, the emails, YouTube videos, and texts are not creating themselves.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

For six years, he hosted “The Next Revolution,” a weekly Fox News show which Trump regularly tweeted clips from.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

He tweeted a video that showed an armed man wearing a ski mask and a backpack passing under the brick archway of Nancy’s front porch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Bruesewitz piled on, telling Carlson that Fine “has tweeted some ugly things, really ugly things,” and he promoted Fine’s primary challenger, celebrity gambler Dan Bilzerian.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Following the result, he tweeted it was "a tough night in Aberdeen that some will need to reflect on, quite heavily".

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Selena Gomez had tweeted about me, Beyonce had wished me well on Facebook, and Madonna had dedicated a song to me.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

Left urged other traders to buy those stocks, but he didn’t hold his shares for long after buying them and tweeting they were undervalued, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

“The pace of It — that someone would be up all night tweeting — is a clinical indicator of some kind of either mania or sundowning.”

From Salon ● May 26, 2026

Now, Musk is on his way to China, tweeting that he was aboard Air Force One early on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Most cabinet ministers have been circling the wagons, taking to the TV studios to reinforce his message that Sir Keir will not be walking away from Number 10 and tweeting support for him.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

So for a while we sit together in silence, just enjoying each other’s company and the sound of birds tweeting to each other and squirrels rustling in the bushes.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler