twitter

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
2. (uncountable) Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
3. (countable) A tremulous broken sound.
4. (countable) A slight trembling of the nerves.
5. (British, countable, informal, regional) Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.
2. (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To twit; to reproach or upbraid.
6. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Twitter.

Sinonieme

chirp

warble

chatter

sing

cheep

peep

chirrup

squeak

tweet

chirping

trill

chitter

twittering

birdsong

howl

flush

excitement

caw

petulance

pip

pipe

prattle

rampage

roar

seethe

singing

song

🎶

spurt

stridulate

tizzy

vocal

whinny

whistle

anthem

chirm

babble

bray

canto

carol

chuckle

croak

dither

ditty

flare up

fluster

fume

giggle

jabber

lay

make noise

Vertalings

zwitschern

gorjear

cinguettare

tjilpen

sjilpen

kwetteren

piepen

pépier

gazouiller

piar

cinguettio

pipilar

piepen

gorjear

singen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtwɪtə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: twitren

Geërf van Old English: *twiterian

Verwante met Nederduits: twitteren

Verwante met Duits: zwitzern

Verwante met Nederlands: kwetteren

Verwante met Deens: kvidre

Verwante met Sweeds: kvittra

Verwante met Sweeds: tittra

In summary

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”).