What does "tweet" mean?
The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
Tweet
/ˈtwiːt/ intj, name, noun, verb
intj, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
- Grammar: tweet is listed as intj, name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: cackle, call, carol, caw.
- Useful contrasts: delete, erase, hush.
- Usage evidence: Tom's tweet was re-tweeted a thousand times.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
"[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“Twitter post”). alt-of
"Twitter allows users, called Twitterers, to stay constantly connected with friends and family by sending and receiving messages short messages called Tweets.[…]Write a short story in the maximum length of a Tweet."
- 3 A post on the social media site Twitter wordnet
- 4 An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
"Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe."
- 5 a weak chirping sound as of a small bird wordnet
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- 6 An entry on any microblogging service. broadly
"He was watching the media coverage, talking to his lawyers. And we saw that because of his tweets on Truth Social, or his posts on Truth Social."
Verb
- 1 To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds. intransitive
"[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“to post on Twitter”). alt-of
"Girls want pictures with him; guys dress like him for Halloween; more than 500 people “Tweet” his whereabouts on the social networking Web site."
- 3 To post a message on Twitter wordnet
- 4 To post an entry to Twitter. ambitransitive
"In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family."
- 5 post tweets, i.e. short text messages on the popular social media website Twitter wordnet
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- 6 To post an entry to any microblogging site. ambitransitive, broadly
"In response to the motion, Trump tweeted on Truth Social"
- 7 squeeze tightly between the fingers wordnet
- 8 make a weak, chirping sound wordnet
Intj
- 1 used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.
"I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
"Tom's tweet was re-tweeted a thousand times."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tweet"?
Common synonyms include: cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep.
How do you use "tweet" in a sentence?
Tom's tweet was re-tweeted a thousand times.
How do you pronounce "tweet"?
Pronounced /ˈtwiːt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
Etymology 2
Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.