English
twitter
see also: Twitter
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA: /ˈtwɪ.tə(ɹ)/
  • (GA) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA: /ˈtwɪ.tɚ/, /ˈtwɪ.t̬ɚ/, [ˈtʰwɪ.ɾɚ]
Noun

twitter

  1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
    I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
  2. A tremulous broken sound.
  3. A slight trembling of the nerves.
  4. Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
    • 1986, IEEE, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986 (page 145)
      Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
Translations Verb

twitter (twitters, present participle twittering; past and past participle twittered)

  1. (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.
    • 1750, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, 1825, The Works of Thomas Gray, Volume I, page 114 ↗,
      The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,
  2. (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
  3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
  4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To twit; to reproach or upbraid.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗:
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      I have repented of it many’s the good time and oft. And if he was so good to forgive me a word spoken in haste or so, it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me. He was a husband to me, he was; and if ever I did make use of an ill word or so in a passion, I never called him rascal […]
  6. Alternative form of Twitter
Synonyms
  • (internet neologism) tweet
Translations
Twitter
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA: /ˈtwɪ.tə(ɹ)/
  • (GA) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA: /ˈtwɪ.tɚ/, /ˈtwɪ.t̬ɚ/, [ˈtʰwɪ.ɾɚ]
Proper noun
  1. An online social networking service that enables users to send and read short messages (280 characters; originally 140).
Related terms Translations Noun

twitter (plural twitters)

  1. (internet, informal) A user account belonging to the above service.
    I've lost the password to my Twitter.
Verb

twitter (twitters, present participle twittering; past and past participle twittered)

  1. (ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes, proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.
Synonyms

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