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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"He could not then have twitted me with your words."
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
"You have?" twitted the old man, almost dancing about her in his sudden excitement.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
"How often we have twitted Richard with his views of modern women," said Emil.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden
More than once people have twitted me with it.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
You have twitted me with my cowardice," he said; "but you shall see that I am no coward.
From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Anthony Trollope
