tweet
noun
- individual post on the Twitter microblogging service
- post a short message on twitter
- make the noise 'tweet', make tweety sounds
verb
- to make the chirp of a bird
- to post on Twitter
- post a short message on twitter
interjection
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Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːt/ / [ˈtʰwɪi̯t]
intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
- used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.
“I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds”
name
Etymology: Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
- 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.”
- An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
“Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.”
“For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.”
- An entry on any microblogging service.
“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
Etymology: Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
- To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
“[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.”
- To post an entry to Twitter.
“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.”
“=Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"”
- To post an entry to any microblogging site.
“In response to the motion, Trump tweeted on Truth Social”
“As Georgetown public policy prof Dan Moynihan tweeted on Bluesky yesterday, the editors of the Times “are not falling for [Rufo’s] game, they are co-producing it.””