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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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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

“The compute costs get non-trivial for us,” he told a tweeter last August, laying out why OpenAI’s image-generating DALL-E 2 did not have a more “generous” pricing plan just yet.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2023

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

And X is still losing tweeters who aren’t on alternative networks.

From Slate Jun. 12, 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

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

Additional tweeters paying "tribute" to Musk who were subsequently banned include writer and former pro football player Chris Kluwe, journalist Christopher Hooks and "Mad Men" actor Rich Sommer.

From Salon Nov. 7, 2022

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