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tweet

[ tweet ]

noun

  1. a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
  2. Digital Technology. a message posted on the Twitter social media service and website: the message may include text, links, photos, or videos.


verb (used without object)

  1. to make a weak chirping sound.
  2. Digital Technology. to post a message on Twitter:

    She tweets a lot about movies.

verb (used with object)

  1. Digital Technology. to post (a message) on Twitter for (people) to read:

    He tweeted his fans after the event.

tweet

/ ٷɾː /

interjection

  1. often reiterated an imitation or representation of the thin chirping sound made by small or young birds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to make this sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a thin chirping sound
  2. a short message posted on the Twitter website
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tweet1

First recorded in 1835–45; imitative
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tweet1

C19: of imitative origin
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“Tesla is going through a crisis and there is one person who can fix it ... Musk,” Dan Ives, a technology analyst and long-term bull on Tesla, tweeted Thursday.

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“Important to note that Tesla is NOT unscathed here. The tariff impact on Tesla is still significant,” Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted this week.

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In one 2020 tweet, Schleifer accused Trump of eroding constitutional integrity “every day with every lie and every act of heedless, narcissistic corruption.”

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He tweeted: “They refused to support Hamdan just because he is Palestinian. Another sign that our lives don’t matter.”

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"No, that is not what my client said," he said, accusing Ms Durrieu-Diebolt of "trying to create quotes that can be tweeted by the media."

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