twitter

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA(key): /ˈtwɪtə/, [ˈtʰwɪtʰ.ə] (General American) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA(key): /ˈtwɪtəɹ/, /ˈtwɪt̬əɹ/, [ˈtʰwɪɾ.ɚ] Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: twit‧ter === Etymology 1 === From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”). ==== Noun ==== twitter (countable and uncountable, plural twitters) (uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds. (uncountable, electronics) Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format. (countable) A tremulous broken sound. (countable) A slight trembling of the nerves. (countable, informal or British, regional) Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit. ===== Derived terms ===== twitter-bone, twitter-boned ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== twitter (third-person singular simple present twitters, present participle twittering, simple past and past participle twittered) (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps. (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated. (obsolete, transitive) To twit; to reproach or upbraid. Alternative form of Twitter. Synonym: tweet ===== Derived terms ===== atwitter twitterpated ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Origin unknown; possibly related to twine, twist, and twirl. ==== Noun ==== twitter (plural twitters) (Northern England, Scotland, weaving, archaic) A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit. ===== Translations ===== === References === == French == === Alternative forms === tweeter === Etymology === From English Twitter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twi.te/ === Verb === twitter (transitive, intransitive, Internet) to tweet (to post to Twitter) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== twit (a tweet (a message on Twitter)) tweet (a tweet (a message on Twitter)) twittosphère twitteur