Tweet

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Origin

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird.

Full definition of tweet

Noun

1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
2. (Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
• Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.
• 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web ApplicationsFor example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
• 2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple HacksA tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone...

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
2. (ambitransitive, Internet) To post an update to .
• 2012, April 19, Josh Halliday, Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?, In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.

Derived terms

• retweet
• tweetup
• tweeter