twit
verb (used with object)
to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at.
have twitted
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present perfectof twit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But Gertrude has set her heart on his doing a female figure; it seems that folk have twitted him with never having produced one.
From Hauntings by Vernon Lee
"He could not then have twitted me with your words."
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
More than once people have twitted me with it.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain
I'm no longer a man with visions, needing a daughter's sacrifices, like you have twitted me of being.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Holman Day
"How often we have twitted Richard with his views of modern women," said Emil.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden
