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tweeter

American  
[twee-ter] / ˈtwi tər /

noun

  • tweeters
    plural
  1. a small loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of high-frequency sounds.


tweeter British  
/ ˈtwiːtə /

noun

  1. a loudspeaker used in high-fidelity systems for the reproduction of high audio frequencies. It is usually employed in conjunction with a woofer and a crossover network

"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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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of tweeter

First recorded in 1935–40; tweet + -er 1


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He was a prolific tweeter and later a podcaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024

Brittain wasn’t the only tweeter to put up the Chapman-Combs performance; popular posters like Trung Phan and Yashar Ali also shared the full video.

From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024

The funniest aspect of the "Erica Marsh" story is how obvious it was that this supposed hot girl #Resistance tweeter was not a real person.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2023

Despite the relatively warm temperatures in Northern Virginia, the tweeter added: “It looked like sleet.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023

"Best I can," she replied, popping the silver tweeter in her mouth and stepping back off the curb.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Here’s the funny thing about that: Remember what major company positioned itself as a ready refuge for these disaffected tweeters post-2022?

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

She was publicly lambasted afterward, called a quitter by pundits and tweeters “who couldn’t even do a cartwheel”; the ample support she received didn’t register as strongly as the criticism, and the self-criticism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

He ran the site haphazardly; there were new charges and limits and outages, as well as the restoration of tweeters banned for abuse and disinformation.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

Salty live tweeters, Tik Tokkers and the angry Instagram hive.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2023

After Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter, many habitual tweeters announced their intentions of switching to other social platforms.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 30, 2023

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