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twitter

noun
/ˈtwɪtə/UK/ˈtwɪtəɹ/US/ˈtwɪ.tə/UK/ˈtwɪ.təɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”).

  1. inherited from *twitwizōną✻ — “to chirp; twitter”
  2. inherited from *twitwiʀōn✻
  3. inherited from *twiterian✻
  4. inherited from twitren

Definitions

  1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.

    • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.

  2. Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical…

    Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.

    • Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.

  3. A tremulous broken sound.

  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. A slight trembling of the nerves.

    2. Chiefly in the form in a twitter

      Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.

    3. To utter a succession of chirps.

      • The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,

    4. (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.

    5. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh

      To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

      • Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, / When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too!

    6. To have a slight trembling of the nerves

      To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

    7. To twit

      To twit; to reproach or upbraid.

    8. Alternative form of Twitter.

      • In addition to listing specific earmarks he finds the most reprehensible, McCain said he has been twittering the “top ten” most egregious

    9. A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving

      A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit.

    10. An online social networking and microblogging service

      An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.

      • There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

    11. A user account on Twitter.

      • I've lost the password to my Twitter.
      • I deleted Twitter last night. I just can't keep up anymore.

    12. A feed on Twitter.

    13. A community on Twitter.

      • There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

    14. To tweet

      To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.

      • Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties
      • Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for twitter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA