Microblog

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities. Internet

    "For Dorsey, creating this community of linked microblogs has been "endearing, because you know what everyone you know is doing" […]"

  2. 2
    a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings. wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To post on a microblog. Internet, ambitransitive

    "I started microblogging last week."

Example

More examples

"For Dorsey, creating this community of linked microblogs has been "endearing, because you know what everyone you know is doing" […]"

Etymology

From micro- + blog.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.