twitter

CEFRB1

/ˈtwɪtə/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make a series of light, high sounds.

  2. 02

    noun

    A social media service for short public messages.

Examples

  • Twitter is among the biggest enemies of Islam.

  • He was in a twitter.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈtʰwɪɾɚ] ~ [ˈtʰwɪɾɹ̩]
  • [ˈtʰwɪtʰə]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A tremulous broken sound.

  2. Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.

More examples

In context

  • I deactivated my Twitter account yesterday.

  • I deleted Twitter last night. I just can't keep up anymore.

  • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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”).