tweet
Americannoun
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tweets
plural
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a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
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Digital Technology. a message posted on the Twitter social media service and website: the message may include text, links, photos, or videos.
verb (used without object)
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tweets,
present (3rd person singular)
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tweeted,
past participle, past
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tweeting
present participle
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to make a weak chirping sound.
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Digital Technology. to post a message on Twitter.
She tweets a lot about movies.
verb (used with object)
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tweets,
present (3rd person singular)
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tweeted,
past participle, past
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tweeting
present participle
interjection
verb
noun
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a thin chirping sound
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a short message posted on the Twitter website
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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tweetsimple
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tweetssimple
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have tweetedperfect
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has tweetedperfect
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am tweetingprogressive
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are tweetingprogressive
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is tweetingprogressive
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have been tweetingperfect progressive
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has been tweetingperfect progressive
Past
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tweetedsimple
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had tweetedperfect
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was tweetingprogressive
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were tweetingprogressive
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had been tweetingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of tweet
First recorded in 1835–45; imitative
Example Sentences
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This included posting a tweet featuring the slogan "Get Brexit Done" in Comic Sans, a font loathed by graphic designers.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her Nov. 16, 2020, call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” Hong passed up the chance to disavow the tweet and instead talked about how she cooked a Thanksgiving meal at 16.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many people sent me that tweet, and it’s completely true to herself.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tom Brady, who played in nearly that many Super Bowls, summed up the feeling in a tweet as he watched Cristiano Ronaldo score twice on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Anyway, this guy HudsonLikeRiver has a tweet from 11:44 in the morning today, and it says craving a panini lol.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
She wrote to CNN that her tweets don’t reflect who she is today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
That doesn’t mean no bad tweets or questionable Reddit posts.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Tesla stock rose in premarket trading, influenced by CEO Elon Musk’s tweets and a broader market uptick.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the overhaul would mean that officers would "no longer be policing perfectly legal tweets" and would have more time to patrol streets and catch criminals.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
I was in the middle of that happy reunion when a whole series of tweets from Carlotta began coming through.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
With San Marino down 21 points in the fourth quarter to Sierra Canyon in a state football playoff game I tweeted, “Start warming up the bus to Sacramento for Sierra Canyon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“We’re on the verge of something game-changing in Crypto and DeFi,” Steve Witkoff tweeted in early August 2024.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bruesewitz piled on, telling Carlson that Fine “has tweeted some ugly things, really ugly things,” and he promoted Fine’s primary challenger, celebrity gambler Dan Bilzerian.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Following the result, he tweeted it was "a tough night in Aberdeen that some will need to reflect on, quite heavily".
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
“I tweeted about my raise, and a bunch of strangers congratulated me.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Joining Elon Musk’s platform just days before his interview with Owens dropped, Biden began tweeting with relentless energy, sometimes authoring over 100 posts a day.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Left urged other traders to buy those stocks, but he didn’t hold his shares for long after buying them and tweeting they were undervalued, prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Now, Musk is on his way to China, tweeting that he was aboard Air Force One early on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Most cabinet ministers have been circling the wagons, taking to the TV studios to reinforce his message that Sir Keir will not be walking away from Number 10 and tweeting support for him.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
To add to the urgency, I said we needed to do something before everyone started tweeting about it.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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