chirrup, twitter
(noun) a series of chirps
chitter, twitter
(verb) make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
twitter (countable and uncountable, plural twitters)
The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
A tremulous broken sound.
A slight trembling of the nerves.
Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
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
• (internet neologism): tweet
(trademark) An online social networking service that enables users to send and read short messages (280 characters; originally 140).
Twitter (plural Twitters)
(internet, informal) A user account belonging to the above service.
Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)
(ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes, proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.
• tweet
Source: Wiktionary
Twit"ter, n. Etym: [From Twit.]
Definition: One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
Twit"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Twittering.] Etym: [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf. G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra, Dan. quiddre. Cf. Titter.]
1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. Gray.
2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. J. Fletcher.
3. Etym: [Perhaps influenced by twitch.]
Definition: To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
Twit"ter, v. t.
Definition: To utter with a twitter. Cowper.
Twit"ter, n.
1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. Hudibras.
3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
