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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024twit•ter /ˈtwɪtɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to make a number of short, rapid, high-pitched sounds, as a bird does:[no object]birds twittering in the trees.
- to talk lightly and rapidly;
chatter: [no object]twittering about the usual gossip.[used with quotations]"Well!'' and "Heavens, no!'' they all began twittering when he told them about the librarian's secret love life.
n. [countable] - an act of twittering.
- a twittering sound.
- a state of fluttering excitement:[usually singular]were all in a twitter at his visit.
twit•ter•y, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twit•ter (twit′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird.
- to talk lightly and rapidly, esp. of trivial matters;
chatter. - to titter;
giggle. - to tremble with excitement or the like;
be in a flutter.
v.t. - to express or utter by twittering.
n. - an act of twittering.
- a twittering sound.
- a state of tremulous excitement.
- 1325–75; Middle English twiteren (verb, verbal); akin to German zwitschern
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flutter, tizzy, fluster.
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