Origin
Imitating the sound.
Full definition of twitter
Noun
- The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
- Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
- 1986, IEEE, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986 (page 145)Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
Verb
- (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.
- GrayThe swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
- (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
- Fielding Tom Jones|VIII|vii... it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me.
- 2008 , Cherie Blair , "Tony will be so cross," I twittered as we crawled through the traffic. "He'll probably just go."
- To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
- To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
- (neologism, Internet) To use the microblogging service Twitter.
- 2009, 2 March, Justin Rebello, Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney", Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney
- 2009, 2 March, Michelle Levi, McCain Criticizes Obama On The Senate Floor, In addition to listing specific earmarks he finds the most reprehensible, McCain said he has been twittering the “top ten†most egregious
- 2009, 23 Feb, MSNBC, Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties, Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties
Synonyms
- (internet neologism) tweet