Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.

    zwitschern

    щебета́тьščebetátʹ, чири́катьčiríkatʹ

    щебета́тиščebetáty, щеботітиščebotity

  2. (ambitransitive)To post an entry to Twitter.

    twittern, tweeten, zwitschern

    тви́титьtvítitʹ, тви́татьtvítatʹ, тви́тнутьtvítnutʹ

    To post a message on Twitter

  3. (ambitransitive, broadly)To post an entry to any microblogging site.

Examples

65 sentences

  1. Did you hear the birds tweeting?

    Ти чув, як птахи цвірінькають?

    ruТы слышал, как птицы щебечут?

    deHast du die Vögel zwitschern gehört?

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  2. My daughter is tweeting now.

    Моя дочка зараз твітить.

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  3. The eggs in the nest in our attic must've hatched. I've been hearing birds tweeting all day today.

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  4. Tom tagged Mary in his tweet.

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  5. A rooster doesn't tweet; it crows.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make a short high-pitched sound:
Русский
By meaning 2
to make a short high-pitched sound:
social media: to post an entry to Twitter:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make a short high-pitched sound:
social media: to post an entry to Twitter:

Origin

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).

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Forms

tweets, tweeting, tweeted, tweeted
Base formtweet · to tweet
3rd person singulartweets
Present participletweeting
Past simpletweeted
Past participletweeted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytweet
he, she, ittweets

Past simpleLesson

all personstweeted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tweeted
he, she, ithas tweeted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tweet

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedskeettootxeettweeter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
twattweaktweedtweezertwelfth
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