English
tweet
Pronunciation Noun

tweet (plural tweets)

  1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  2. (Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
    • 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications
      For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
Conjugation


Conjugation of tweet

infinitive (to) tweet
present tense past tense
1st-person singular tweettweeted
2nd-person singular* tweet, tweetest*tweeted, tweetedst*
3rd-person singulartweets, tweeteth* tweeted#English|tweeted
plural tweet
subjunctive tweet
imperative tweet —
participle> participlestweetingtweeted
* Archaic or obsolete.

Translations Translations Verb

tweet (tweets, present participle tweeting; past tweeted, past participle tweeted)

  1. (intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
  2. (ambitransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter.
    • 2017 Jan 25, BBC World Service, "Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'", http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38740717 (Retrieved 2017-01-25)
      Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"
Translations Translations Interjection
  1. An onomatopoeic of bird singing.
Translations
  • Russian: чик-чирик


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