twitter
verb (used without object)
to utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird.
twittering
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present participleof twitter.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It helps nurture a slower, older way of life, with pocket flocks and modest dairy herds enclosed by thick hedgerows foaming with cow parsley and twittering songbirds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
On a long low wall alongside the Liangshui river in Beijing, a trader has several small cages with tiny twittering birds.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
And the twittering masses erupted in debate again hours later when the Los Angeles Police Department announced it was not investigating the matter because Rock had declined to pursue criminal charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
Unsurprisingly, birdsong dominates, but so do wind and waves; symphonies of springtime twittering segue abruptly into the whines of a distant fox.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Then the finches had fled in a twittering cloud, and she’d glanced down the hill.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
