What does twitter mean?
Definitions for twitter
ˈtwɪt ərtwit·ter
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word twitter.
Princeton's WordNet
chirrup, twitterverb
a series of chirps
chitter, twitterverb
make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
Wiktionary
twitternoun
The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
twitterverb
To utter a succession of bird's chirps.
twitterverb
(of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
twitterverb
To use the microblogging service Twitter.
Etymology: Imitating the sound.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Twitternoun
Any motion or disorder of passion; such as a violent fit of laughing, or fit of fretting.
The ancient errant knights
Won all their ladies hearts in fights,
And cut whole giants into fritters,
To put them into amorous twitters. Hudibras.The moon was in a heavy twitter, that her cloaths never fitted her. Roger L'Estrange.
To Twitterverb
This must be done,
Swallows twitter on the chimney-tops. Dryden.They twitter chearful, till the vernal months
Invite them back. James Thomson.A widow which had a twittering toward a second husband, took a gossipping companion to manage the jobb. Roger L'Estrange.
Wikipedia
Twitter
Twitter () is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through its website interface, through Short Message Service (SMS) or its mobile-device application software ("app"). Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, and has more than 25 offices around the world. Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters, but was doubled to 280 for non-Asian languages in November 2017.Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, launched in July of that year. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity. In 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet". As of 2018, Twitter had more than 321 million monthly active users.
ChatGPT
twitter
Twitter is a social media platform and microblogging service where registered users can post and interact with short messages known as 'tweets'. These messages are limited to 280 characters. Users can also share multimedia content, follow other users' accounts, and has features such as 'retweeting' and 'liking' to engage with others' content. It is widely used for both personal communication and professional purposes, including news dissemination, marketing, and brand publicity.
Webster Dictionary
Twitternoun
one who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider
Twitterverb
to make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises
Twitterverb
to make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle
Twitterverb
to have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated
Twitterverb
to utter with a twitter
Twitternoun
the act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow
Twitternoun
a half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle
Twitternoun
a slight trembling or agitation of the nerves
Wikidata
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July, the social networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registered users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day. Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the ten most visited websites on the Internet, and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet." Unregistered users can read tweets, while registered users can post tweets through the website interface, SMS, or a range of apps for mobile devices. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, with additional servers and offices in New York City, Boston, and San Antonio.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Twitter
twit′ėr, n. a chirp, as of a bird: a tremulous broken sound: a slight trembling of the nerves.—v.i. to make a succession of small tremulous noises: to feel a slight trembling of the nerves, to palpitate.—v.t. to chirp out.—ns. Twitterā′tion, a flutter; Twitt′ering, act of twittering: the sound of twittering: nervous excitement.—adv. Twitt′eringly. [A freq. of twit, allied to titter, &c.; cf. Ger. zwitschern, Sw. qvittra.]
CrunchBase
Twitter
Created in 2006, Twitter is a global real-time communications platform with 400 million monthly visitors to twitter.com, more than 200 million monthly active users around the world.We see a billion tweets every 2.5 days on every conceivable topic. World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations and entertainment outlets are among the millions of active Twitter accounts through which users can truly get the pulse of the planet.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of twitter in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of twitter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of twitter in a Sentence
Since everything is happening so fast, there’s been a lot of misinformation that’s spreading, yesterday, I listened to a Taliban debriefing, and they said in Farsi, which I was able to translate on my own, that they want all the interpreters to stay and they won’t be seeking revenge on them. But then I’m logging onto Instagram or Twitter and Facebook, I’m reading these news reports about how they actually did end up killing these interpreters.
The key thing we heard was they wanted Twitter to provide them with more context on misleading infromation and remove harmful information.
David didn’t understand how offensive people would get or how Twitter even works. Now that he realizes his voice is very strong within media/tabloids he has deactivated his account. He agrees he will keep his comments to himself from now on, david doesn’t hate people from the LGBT community. My old manager was gay and used to be one of me and David's close friends. We attended Farrah’s birthday in Miami with a lot of LGBT people there, and he didn’t act in any type of way. We went had a good time and left. We are sorry for the comments that were made.
The only reason I can think that Twitter would have suspended me is that I followed several Republican members of Congress and GOP activists at once last night, and within minutes, my account had been suspended.
I believe my father, I know my father. Soon after, Handler took to Twitter to share an image from a 1996 photo shoot for Vanity Fair that shows her sitting on her father’s lap, caressing his face and staring at him at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Ivanka Trump at the 2018 Winter Olympics. ( Reuters).
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- تويترArabic
- zwitschern, twitternGerman
- twittear, tuitearSpanish
- höpöttää, viserrys, twiitata, sirkutus, sirkuttaa, lauluFinnish
- ceilearScottish Gaelic
- cinguettio, cinguettareItalian
- ツイッターJapanese
- 지저귀다Korean
- pekī, tihauMāori
- tjielpen, tweeten, twitterenDutch
- piar, twittarPortuguese
- твитать, чириканье, щебетание, чирикать, твитнуть, чирикнуть, щебет, твитить, щебетатьRussian
- tvittra, kvitter, kvittraSwedish
- ட்விட்டர்Tamil
- 推特Chinese
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