twit
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /twɪt/, [tʰw̥ɪt]
twit (twits, present participle twitting; past and past participle twitted)
- (transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
- 1590, Shakespeare. History of Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I
- "Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here
- With ignominious words, though clerkly couch'd,
- As if she had suborned some to swear
- False allegations to o'erthrow his state? " -
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 106:
- Mr. Cramer, a policeman, came this morning and twitted me for having let a murderer hoodwink me.
- 2007, Bernard Porter, "Did He Puff his Crimes to Please a Bloodthirsty Readership?", review of Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal, London Review of Books, 5 April, 29:7, p. 10
- H. R. Fox Bourne, secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society – often twitted for being an ‘armchair critic’ – wrote in a review of one of Stanley's books […]
- This these scoffers twitted the Christian with.
- Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss.
- 1590, Shakespeare. History of Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I
- (transitive, computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
- 1995, "Michelle Jackson", Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts (on newsgroup rec.music.tori-amos)
- However, on the Internet BBS's such as Quartz (now dead), Prism, Monsoon, Sunset, ect
[ sic] , someone pulling that kind of crap is likely to get flamed quite fast and twitted before he/she can breathe.
- However, on the Internet BBS's such as Quartz (now dead), Prism, Monsoon, Sunset, ect
- 2002, "Chris Hoppman", FidoNet Feed Needed (on newsgroup alt.bbs)
- And no, there is no "thought purification program" that can filter out some folks
[ sic] obscene ideas that can be expressed w/o written vulgarities. That has to be simply "dealt" with, either by ignoring or twitting the individual that offends habitually.
- And no, there is no "thought purification program" that can filter out some folks
- 1995, "Michelle Jackson", Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts (on newsgroup rec.music.tori-amos)
- Russian: упрека́ть
twit (plural twits)
- A reproach, gibe or taunt.
- A foolish or annoying person.
- 1988, Larry Kramer, Just Say No
- What do you mean, since when did I become such a radical fairy? Since I started knowing twits like you, you twit!
- 1988, Larry Kramer, Just Say No
- A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely (see usage notes).
- See also Thesaurus:fool
- Russian: упрёк
- French: (France, colloquial) andouille, abruti, couillon, (Quebec, colloquial) twit
- Russian: тупи́ца
- Spanish: gilí
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