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
Hansen’s Johanna, the young woman who’s under jealous Judge Turpin’s lock and key, is appropriately bird-like in her melodious twittering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
She has a vocal range that can go from a high-pitched twittering to a growl in a few bars.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
The Japanese tourists come towards us, twittering, and we turn our heads away too late: our faces have been seen.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
