Twitting

4 definitions found

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

  Twit \Twit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[imac]tan to reproach,
     blame; aet at + w[imac]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
     observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
     meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
     OHG. firw[imac]zan, Goth. fraweitan to avenge, L. videre to


     see. See {Vision}, {Wit}.]
     To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
     defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
     upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
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           This these scoffers twitted the Christians with.
                                                    --Tillotson.
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           Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them
           for what is amiss.                       --L'Estrange.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twit
       n 1: someone who is regarded as contemptible [syn: {twerp}, {twirp}]
       2: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: {taunt},
           {taunting}]
       v : harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
           teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
           failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
           jacket and tie" [syn: {tease}, {razz}, {rag}, {cod}, {tantalize},
            {tantalise}, {bait}, {taunt}, {rally}, {ride}]
       [also: {twitting}, {twitted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twitting
       See {twit}

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

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "twitting":
     banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision,
     derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling,
     grinning, hazing, hissing, hooting, jeering, jesting, joking,
     jollying, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking,
     panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing,
     ribbing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart,
     smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking,
     sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing