tweet

Meaning

Noun

1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
3. An entry on any microblogging service.

Verb

1. To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
2. To post an update to Twitter.
3. To post an update to any microblogging site.

Intj

Used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.

Synonyms

chirp

twitter

peep

squeeze

twinge

twirp

warble

squeak

pinch

nip

twitch

bleep

stridulate

trill

tweeter

twittering

whistle

wring out

wring from

beep

whitter

cheep

chirping

cut up

extort

hiss

impact

pipe

press

rice

🍚

sizzle

squeeze out

Pronounced as (IPA)

/twiːt/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).