twit
1 of 2noun
ˈtwit 
1
: a silly annoying person : fool
2
: an act of twitting : taunt
twit
2 of 2verb
twitted; twitting
transitive verb
1
: to subject to light ridicule or reproach : rally
2
: to make fun of as a fault
Example Sentences
Noun Only a complete twit would insult his hosts.
Recent Examples on the Web
Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021 Unfortunately, even Lemann’s abbreviated portrait of Hoffman as visionary thinker and mover-and-shaker reveals him to be just another of Silicon Valley’s insular, arrogant, faux-populist twits. Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 Jones makes the Chief Factor a pompous twit without resorting to caricature, while Shepherd is similarly measured in conveying the Captain's sense of smart superiority. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019 An underhanded, ambitious twit rises to the top of the corporate heap and, in the final moments, sets his sites on the U.S. presidency. Jordan Riefe, Orange County Register, 31 July 2019 His pompous broadcaster character remains a twit throughout each new installment, but Partridge’s career is a bit different each time, depending on whether his brand of windbaggery is in fashion in the real world. Noel Murray, The Verge, 27 June 2019 Her boyfriend is the twit, who is the one who killed her brother. John Orr, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019 Also complicating matters is a society gold digger named Lady Jaqueline Carstone (Lisa O’Hare), who promptly ditches her twit of a fiancé, Gerald Bolingbroke (Mark Evans), when Snibson’s higher earning potential emerges. Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 May 2018 This version of the Cinderella story sets the gentle, patient heroine against the comic grotesqueries of her domineering stepmother and twit-like stepsisters. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018 Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019 See More
Noun
And making Gracie a useless twit who gets everyone else into trouble seems like a cop-out, unfair to the character and insulting to audiences. Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021 Unfortunately, even Lemann’s abbreviated portrait of Hoffman as visionary thinker and mover-and-shaker reveals him to be just another of Silicon Valley’s insular, arrogant, faux-populist twits. Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 Jones makes the Chief Factor a pompous twit without resorting to caricature, while Shepherd is similarly measured in conveying the Captain's sense of smart superiority. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019 An underhanded, ambitious twit rises to the top of the corporate heap and, in the final moments, sets his sites on the U.S. presidency. Jordan Riefe, Orange County Register, 31 July 2019 His pompous broadcaster character remains a twit throughout each new installment, but Partridge’s career is a bit different each time, depending on whether his brand of windbaggery is in fashion in the real world. Noel Murray, The Verge, 27 June 2019 Her boyfriend is the twit, who is the one who killed her brother. John Orr, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019 Also complicating matters is a society gold digger named Lady Jaqueline Carstone (Lisa O’Hare), who promptly ditches her twit of a fiancé, Gerald Bolingbroke (Mark Evans), when Snibson’s higher earning potential emerges. Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 May 2018 This version of the Cinderella story sets the gentle, patient heroine against the comic grotesqueries of her domineering stepmother and twit-like stepsisters. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018 Verb
Nosy birds twit and tweet from their leafy vantage points. Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old English ætwītan, from æt at + wītan to reproach; akin to Old High German wīzan to punish, Old English witan to know
First Known Use
Noun
1528, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb
1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1
twit
verb
as in to pooh
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- pooh
- kid
- rag
- razz
- quiz
- harry
- chaff
- tease
- rib
- josh
- jive
- taunt
- caricature
- scorn
- disparage
- bait
- torment
- ape
- target
- ride
- parrot
- heckle
- harass
- parody
- pooh-pooh
- rally
- belittle
- needle
- bug
- hassle
- bad-mouth
- catcall
- jibe
- decry
- gibe
- tweak
- ridicule
- travesty
- pester
- put down
- jeer
- burlesque
- barrack
- mock
- deride
- scout
- lampoon
- scoff (at)
- pillory
- sneer (at)
- satirize
- imitate
- mimic
- shoot down
- laugh (at)
- skewer
- take off (on)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- applaud
- approve
- indorse
- commend
- endorse
- sanction