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English

Noun

twitter

(the sound of) a succession of chirps as uttered by birds
: I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.

Verb

to utter a succession of bird's chirps
(of a person) to talk in an excited or nervous manner

Translations

CJKV Characters: 唽

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. t.
To utter with a twitter. --Cowper.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twitter \Twit"ter\, n.
1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted
noise, as that made by a swallow.
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2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially
restrained; a titter; a giggle. --Hudibras.
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3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twitter \Twit"ter\, n. [From Twit.]
One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twittered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Twittering.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf.
G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir[=o]n, D. kwetteren, Sw. qvittra,
Dan. quiddre. Cf. Titter.]
1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted
noises.
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The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
--Gray.
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2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter;
to giggle. --J. Fletcher.
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3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling
of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
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WordNet twitter
n : a series of chirps [syn: chirrup]
v : make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter]

Moby Dictionary
ado , agitation , anthem , babble , ballad , banterer , bluster , bob ,
bobbery , bobble , boil , boiling , bother , bounce , brouhaha , bump ,
bustle , cackle , call , carol , caw , chaffer , chant , chat , chatter ,
cheep , chip , chipper , chirk , chirm , chirp , chirping , chirr ,
chirrup , chitter , choir , chorus , chuck , churn , clack , cluck ,
cock-a-doodle-doo , commotion , conturbation , coo , croak , cronk ,
croon , crow , cuckoo , descant , didder , discomposure , disorder ,
disquiet , disquietude , disturbance , dither , dithers , do-re-mi ,
drum , ebullition , embroilment , excitement , falter , ferment ,
fermentation , fever , feverishness , fidget , fidgetiness , fidgets ,
fidgety , flap , flip out , flurry , fluster , flusteration , flustered ,
flustration , flutter , flutteration , foment , foofaraw , freak out on ,
fret , fume , fuss , gab , gabble , gaggle , gas , get high on , giggle ,
glow , go pitapat , gobble , goosey , gossip , grimace , guggle ,
have an ague , have the fidgets , have the shakes , heave , heaving ,
high-strung , honk , hoo , hoot , hubbub , hum , hurly-burly , hustle ,
hymn , inquietude , intonate , intone , jactitate , jar , jaw , jerk , jig ,
jigget , jiggle , jitters , jittery , jog , joggle , jollyer , jolt ,
josher , jostle , jounce , jump , jumpiness , jumpy , kidder , lather ,
lilt , maelstrom , malaise , minstrel , moil , nerviness , nervosity ,
nervousness , nervy , palpitate , palpitation , pant , panting , peep ,
persifleur , perturbation , pip , pipe , pitapat , pitter-patter ,
pother , prate , prattle , psalm , pucker , quack , quake , quaking ,
quaver , quavering , quiver , quivering , ragger , rattle , restlessness ,
ribber , rictus , roaster , roil , roll , roulade , rout , row , run on ,
scold , seethe , seething , serenade , shake , shakes , shaking , shiver ,
shivers , shock , shudder , simper , sing , sing in chorus , snicker ,
snigger , sol-fa , solmizate , spooky , squawk , squirm , stew , stir ,
swell , swell with emotion , swirl , swivet , thrill , thrill to , throb ,
throbbing , tic , tingle , tingle with excitement , titter , tizzy ,
to-do , toss , toss and turn , tremble , trembling , tremolo , tremor ,
trepidation , trepidity , trill , trilling , troll , tumble , tumult ,
tumultuation , turbidity , turbulence , turmoil , turn on to , tweedle ,
tweedledee , tweet , twist and turn , twit , twitch , twitteration ,
twittery , unease , unrest , unrestful , upset , vibrate , vocalize ,
warble , warbling , whirl , whistle , wiggle , wobble , wriggle , writhe ,
yodel