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 Definitions of twitter  [ˈtwɪt ər]  

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Definition of 'twitter' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) twitter
to utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird.

2.  twitter
to talk lightly and rapidly, esp. of trivial matters; chatter.

3.  twitter
to titter; giggle.

4.  twitter
to tremble with excitement or the like; be in a flutter.

5. (v.t.) twitter
to express or utter by twittering.

6. (n.) twitter
an act of twittering.

7.  twitter
a twittering sound.

8.  twitter
a state of tremulous excitement.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME twiteren (v.); cf. OHG zwizzirōn)

Definition of 'twitter' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) chirrup, twitter
a series of chirps

2. (verb) chitter, twitter
make high-pitched sounds, as of birds


Definition of 'twitter' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) twitter
one who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider

2. (noun) twitter
the act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow

3. (noun) twitter
a half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle

4. (noun) twitter
a slight trembling or agitation of the nerves

5. (verb) twitter
to make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises

6. (verb) twitter
to make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle

7. (verb) twitter
to have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated

8. (verb) twitter
to utter with a twitter


Translation of 'twitter' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a light, repeated chirping sound, especially made by (small) birds
He could hear the twitter of sparrows.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: getjirp Arabic flag Arabic: زقْزَقَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: цвъртене
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gorjeio Czech flag Czech: cvrlikání German flag German: das Gezwitscher
Danish flag Danish: kvidren Greek flag Greek: τιτίβισμα Spanish flag Spanish: gorjeo
Estonian flag Estonian: vidin Farsi flag Farsi: جیک جیک Finnish flag Finnish: viserrys
French flag French: pépiement Hebrew flag Hebrew: צִיוּץ Hindi flag Hindi: चहचहाहट
Croatian flag Croatian: cvrkut Hungarian flag Hungarian: csicsergés Indonesian flag Indonesian: bunyi mencicit
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kvak, tíst Italian flag Italian: cinguettio Japanese flag Japanese: さえずり
Korean flag Korean: (새의) 지저귐 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: čiulbėjimas, čirškimas, č Latvian flag Latvian: čivināšana
Malay flag Malay: ciak Dutch flag Dutch: getjilp Norwegian flag Norwegian: kvitring, småsnakking
Polish flag Polish: świergot Persian flag Persian: جیک جیک Pashto flag Pashto: جیک جیک
Portuguese flag Portuguese: gorjeio Romanian flag Romanian: ciripit Russian flag Russian: щебет(ание)
Slovak flag Slovak: čvirikanie, štebotanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: ščebet Serbian flag Serbian: cvrkut
Swedish flag Swedish: kvitter Thai flag Thai: เสียงเพลงแหลมสูง (นกหรือส Turkish flag Turkish: cıvıldama
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 唧唧喳喳(的叫聲) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: щебетання, цвірінькання Urdu flag Urdu: چوں چوں کي آواز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiếng hót líu lo Chinese flag Chinese: 嘁嘁喳喳(的叫声)

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