live-tweet

[ lahyv-tweet ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. (on the Twitter website) to tweet about (an event) while it is taking place.

Word History and Origins

Origin of live-tweet¹

live ² (in the sense “broadcast or sent while happening”) + tweet (in the sense “to post on Twitter”)

Example Sentences

As Donald Trump prepares to live-tweet Joe's Biden's State of the Union address, $382,000 just got added to his growing mound of debt.

From Salon

The podcast is downloaded 10,000 to 12,000 times a month, but most listeners who live-tweet shows are Black women, Perez says.

From Washington Post

He’s selfish, And one of the greatest things for me was watching people kind of live-tweet along with it and saying at the end of Episode 2, “What’s up with everybody liking this Hopper guy? He’s a jerk and he’s dumb and he’s bad at his job,” and you’re like, great.

From Los Angeles Times

Comedian Leslie Jones says she’s ‘tired of fighting the folks who don’t want’ her to live-tweet about the Olympics: ‘No one is fighting for or with me.’

From Los Angeles Times

Others opted to live-tweet criticism or air their opinions on social media.

From Washington Post