Tweet

Quick meaning: Tweet is a noun meaning The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.

Meaning

The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.

More Meanings

1. (social media) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
2. (social media, by extension) An entry on any microblogging service.
3. (intransitive) To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
4. (ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter.
5. (ambitransitive, social media, by extension) To post an entry to any microblogging site.
6. used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.

Example Sentences

A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone […]

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.

=Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"

Word Forms

• tweets
• tweeting
• tweeted

Synonyms for tweet

Depending on context, synonyms include twinge, vellicate, squeeze, pinch, twitch, nip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twitch, nip, pinch, twinge, vellicate, squeeze.

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