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tweet

[ tweet ]

noun

  1. a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
  2. 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)

  1. to make a weak chirping sound.
  2. Digital Technology. to post a message on Twitter:

    She tweets a lot about movies.

verb (used with object)

  1. Digital Technology. to post (a message) on Twitter for (people) to read:

    He tweeted his fans after the event.

tweet

/ twiːt /

interjection

  1. often reiterated an imitation or representation of the thin chirping sound made by small or young birds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to make this sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a thin chirping sound
  2. a short message posted on the Twitter website
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tweet1

First recorded in 1835–45; imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tweet1

C19: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

I think the really interesting thing about the whole thing for me was, well, first of all, I sent out a tweet.

From Ozy

Here is part of a tweet thread I shared after the webmaster conference.

Because fake tweets are generally copies of one artificially generated image, the engagement metrics are the same.

Roem in a tweet said the House of Delegates will vote on her bill on Friday.

AI used what it learned in training with these tweets to classify other posts as hate, counter-speech or neutral.

The tweet set off an Internet firestorm and was retweeted nearly 15,000 times in less than an hour.

That tweet came from Shay Horse, whose bio lists him as an independent photojournalist with ties to Occupy Wall Street.

In his last tweet, he wished his followers a “Merry Christmas.”

“Bare [sic] with me on vlogmas,” she told her fans in a Tweet.

So I tweet things like "you don't owe white people any convos" to support others.

Instead they obey the clucking of the mother hen, and "tweet" disdainfully at their haughty sire.

I listened; all was silent save the tweet, tweet, of the lizards and the roar of the surf, as it beat on the rocks astern.

Scarce has the sun disappeared below the horizon when the former issues forth and utters its harsh tweet.

This utters a harsh tweet which at a distance might pass for the chirp of a canary with a sore throat.

As the stream chattered, so the birds in the wood sang—Tweet!

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