twit
verb (used with object)
to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at.
is twitting
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present progressiveof twit (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Yes, he said, that was certainly his meaning; and he is twitting Pittacus with ignorance of the use of terms, which in a Lesbian, who has been accustomed to speak a barbarous language, is natural.
From Protagoras by Benjamin Jowett
