Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To utter a succession of chirps.

    zwitschern

    щебета́тьščebetátʹ, чири́катьčiríkatʹ, чири́кнутьčiríknutʹ

  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.

More definitions
  • make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

Examples

202 sentences
  1. Do you have a Twitter account?

    У тебе є акаунт у Твітері? — deniko

    ruУ тебя есть аккаунт в Твиттере? — Balamax

    deHast du ein Twitterkonto? — MUIRIEL

  2. I use Twitter.

    Я користуюся Твіттером. — deniko

    ruЯ пользуюсь Твиттером. — Tonari

    deIch nutze Twitter. — Esperantostern

  3. Why did you quit using Twitter?

  4. My brother has a Twitter account.

    ruУ моего брата есть аккаунт в Твиттере. — odexed

  5. Twitter is a good example of absurdity.

    Соціальна мережа "Твітер" - гарний приклад безглуздя. — ChickenKiev

    deTwitter ist ein gutes Beispiel für etwas Lächerliches. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to utter chirps:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to utter chirps:

Origin

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West German

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”).

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Forms

twitters, twittering, twittered, twittered
Base formtwitter · to twitter
3rd person singulartwitters
Present participletwittering
Past simpletwittered
Past participletwittered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytwitter
he, she, ittwitters

Past simpleLesson

all personstwittered

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill twitter

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make high-pitched sounds, as of birds:chitter

Word family

4 related words

See also

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