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tweet

Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːt/

The English word “tweet” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
  3. An entry on any microblogging service.

verb

  1. To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
  2. To post an entry to Twitter.
  3. To post an entry to any microblogging site.

interjection

  1. used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.

Etymology

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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