twit
verb (used with object)
to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at.
were twitting
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past progressiveof twit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were twitting her about not going in for all the fun here, and, above everything, for keeping her room so bare and unattractive.
From A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade
Little by little I came into the condition with which you were twitting me just now.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
The Press were twitting the authorities concerning their inability to discover the murderer, and more than hinted at the inefficiency of the Detective Force.
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
