retweet

American  

[ree-tweet] / riˈtwit /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to share or forward (someone else's message) on the Twitter social media service and website: I’ll only retweet if I’m also making an original comment. RT

   I laughed out loud and retweeted the meme to all of my followers.

   I’ll only retweet if I’m also making an original comment.

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noun

retweets plural

1. a message that has been shared or forwarded on Twitter: RT

   the most popular retweets.

retweet British  

verb

1. to post another user's blog the Twitter website for your own followers

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• retweets
  plural

Etymology

Origin of retweet

First recorded in 2007; re- + tweet (in the sense “message posted on Twitter”)

Example Sentences

Musk led his retweet with the comment “interesting thread”; if that wasn’t an explicit endorsement, it matched his way of amplifying others’ tweets, tending to give them credibility within the Musk-iverse.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Instead, X could simply ask users whether they really want to retweet something, making the process a little bit more cumbersome.

From Science Magazine • May 29, 2024

Especially nowadays, when jersey-enthralled modern sports fans, social media sites and mainstream media outlets readily retweet anything masquerading as a “leak” of the newest design.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Hochman did not innocently retweet a video he happened to see online.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023

The panel also said Mr Nicolson had been "unwise" to like or retweet some of the tweets in question.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2023