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1. (v.t.) twit
to taunt or ridicule with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at.
2. twit
to reproach or upbraid.
3. (n.) twit
an act of twitting.
4. twit
a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe.
5. (Informal.) twit
an insignificant or bothersome person.
Etymology: (1920–25; perh. identical with twit1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) twerp, twirp, twit
someone who is regarded as contemptible
2. (verb) twit, taunt, taunting
aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
3. (verb) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) twit
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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Sense: a fool or idiot
Stupid twit!
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 Afrikaans: idioot |
 Arabic: أحْمَق، غَبي |
 Bulgarian: глупак |
 Brazilian: palerma |
 Czech: hňup |
 German: der Idiot |
 Danish: fjols |
 Greek: κουτορνίθι |
 Spanish: imbécil, tonto, idiota |
 Estonian: idioot |
 Farsi: آدم احمق |
 Finnish: ääliö |
 French: crétin/-ine |
 Hebrew: טִיפֵּש |
 Hindi: मजाक उड़ाना, ताना मारना |
 Croatian: budala, idiot |
 Hungarian: őrült |
 Indonesian: orang tolol |
 Icelandic: fábjáni |
 Italian: cretino |
 Japanese: ばか者 |
 Korean: 멍청이 |
 Lithuanian: kvaišelis |
 Latvian: muļķis |
 Malay: orang yg bodoh |
 Dutch: sufferd |
 Norwegian: idiot, tosk, tullebukk |
 Polish: idiota |
 Persian: آدم احمق |
 Pashto: احمق سړی |
 Portuguese: palerma |
 Romanian: cretin |
 Russian: олух; обалдуй |
 Slovak: hlupák |
 Slovenian: kreten |
 Serbian: kreten |
 Swedish: dumskalle |
 Thai: คนโง่ |
 Turkish: ahmak |
 Taiwanese: 傻子 |
 Ukrainian: дурень; ідіот |
 Urdu: احمق، بے وقوف |
 Vietnamese: thằng ngu, thằng ngốc |
 Chinese: 傻子 |
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