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/ˈtwɪtə/ · noun
(uncountable, countable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds..
I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,
The swallows, which had been tempted here in great numbers on account of the quantity of insects to be found in proximity to the wood, and had established themselves in the barn and under the eaves, were gambolling, circling, and twittering fearlessly about in the sunshine.
Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, / When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too!
I have repented of it many’s the good time and oft. And if he was so good to forgive me a word spoken in haste or so, it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me. He was a husband to me, he was; and if ever I did make use of an ill word or so in a passion, I never called him rascal […]
In addition to listing specific earmarks he finds the most reprehensible, McCain said he has been twittering the “top ten” most egregious
Use twitter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Twitter means (uncountable, countable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds..
Common synonyms include tweet, chirrup, chitter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
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