tweeter

American  

[twee-ter] / ˈtwi tər /

noun

• tweeters
  plural

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

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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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tweeters
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tweeter

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tweeter tweeters

He was a prolific tweeter and later a podcaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 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

There is no oxygen in there for a regular tweeter who’d like to get some shine for a witty response to a demagogic figure.

From Slate ● May 7, 2023

But as tweeter @NVMakhanye pointed out: "😀 You don't need to know the name of the country to make €200 million 😀... Anyways, welcome to South Africa Ronaldo 😜"

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 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

"A lot of tweeters in the U.K. and the U.S. act like I just caused a third world war!"

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 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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