Twitter

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. t.
     To utter with a twitter. --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twitter \Twit"ter\, n. [From {Twit}.]
     One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twitter
       n : a series of chirps [syn: {chirrup}]
       v : make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: {chitter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  261 Moby Thesaurus words for "twitter":
     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