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

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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Etymology

Origin of retweet

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

Example Sentences

In another retweet, Mangione reposted a statement praising Musk for his “commitment to long-term civilizational success.”

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024

Thanks to Elon Musk’s retweet, one of those deepfakes has been viewed more than 143 million times.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 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

They include the ability to tweet, retweet, like posts and reply to posts.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023

For now, we still tweet, retweet and quote tweet, and sometimes — perhaps not often enough — delete tweets.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023