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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024twit1 /twɪt/USA pronunciation v., twit•ted, twit•ting, n. v. [~ + object] - to ridicule (someone) about something embarrassing:The media twitted the mayor about his grammar for weeks.
n. [countable] - an act of twitting.
twit2 /twɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable][Informal.]- a foolish or stupid person.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twit1 (twit),USA pronunciation v., twit•ted, twit•ting, n.
v.t. - to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing;
gibe at. - to reproach or upbraid.
n. - an act of twitting.
- a derisive reproach;
taunt;
gibe.
- aphetic variant of obsolete atwite, Middle English atwiten, Old English ætwītan to taunt, equivalent. to æt- at1 + wītan to blame 1520–30
- Textilesa weak or thin place in yarn caused by uneven spinning.
- origin, originally uncertain 1810–20
- British Termsan insignificant or bothersome person.
- perh. origin, originally noun, nominal derivative of twit1, i.e., "one who twits others,'' but altered in sense by association with expressive words with tw- (twaddle, twat, twerp, etc.) and by rhyme with nitwit 1920–25
- an excited state;
dither:to be in a twit about company coming.
- probably shortened from twitter
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: twit /twɪt/ vb (twits, twitting, twitted)- (transitive) to tease, taunt, or reproach, often in jest
n - US Canadian informal a nervous or excitable state
- rare a reproach; taunt
Etymology: Old English ætwītan, from æt against + wītan to accuse; related to Old High German wīzan to punish twit /twɪt/ n - informal chiefly Brit a foolish or stupid person; idiot
Etymology: 19th Century: from twit1 (originally in the sense: a person given to twitting) |