retweet

[ ree-tweet ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to share or forward (someone else's message) on the Twitter social media service and website: I’ll only retweet if I’m also making an original comment. : RT

   I laughed out loud and retweeted the meme to all of my followers.

   I’ll only retweet if I’m also making an original comment.

noun

1. a message that has been shared or forwarded on Twitter: : RT

   the most popular retweets.

retweet

verb

1. to post another user's blog the Twitter website for your own followers

Word History and Origins

Origin of retweet¹

First recorded in 2007; re- + tweet (in the sense “message posted on Twitter”)

Example Sentences

Next, at 16:23, an online news website based in India called Upuknews shared a retweet of Eddie Murray’s post, which it described as “confirmed”.

From BBC

Thanks to Elon Musk’s retweet, one of those deepfakes has been viewed more than 143 million times.

From Los Angeles Times

She did, however, retweet King.

From Los Angeles Times

“They are literally sitting at their computer pressing retweet.”

From Science Magazine

Instead, X could simply ask users whether they really want to retweet something, making the process a little bit more cumbersome.

From Science Magazine