tweet

[ tweet ]

noun

1. a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
2. Digital Technology. a message posted on the Twitter social media service and website: the message may include text, links, photos, or videos.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a weak chirping sound.
2. Digital Technology. to post a message on Twitter:

   She tweets a lot about movies.

verb (used with object)

1. Digital Technology. to post (a message) on Twitter for (people) to read:

   He tweeted his fans after the event.

tweet

/ twiːt /

interjection

1. often reiterated an imitation or representation of the thin chirping sound made by small or young birds

verb

1. intr to make this sound

noun

1. a thin chirping sound
2. a short message posted on the Twitter website

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweet¹

First recorded in 1835–45; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweet¹

C19: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

I think the really interesting thing about the whole thing for me was, well, first of all, I sent out a tweet.

From Ozy

Here is part of a tweet thread I shared after the webmaster conference.

From Search Engine Land

Because fake tweets are generally copies of one artificially generated image, the engagement metrics are the same.

From Washington Post

Roem in a tweet said the House of Delegates will vote on her bill on Friday.

From Washington Blade

AI used what it learned in training with these tweets to classify other posts as hate, counter-speech or neutral.

From Science News For Students

The tweet set off an Internet firestorm and was retweeted nearly 15,000 times in less than an hour.

From The Daily Beast

That tweet came from Shay Horse, whose bio lists him as an independent photojournalist with ties to Occupy Wall Street.

From The Daily Beast

In his last tweet, he wished his followers a “Merry Christmas.”

From The Daily Beast

“Bare [sic] with me on vlogmas,” she told her fans in a Tweet.

From The Daily Beast

So I tweet things like "you don't owe white people any convos" to support others.

From The Daily Beast

Instead they obey the clucking of the mother hen, and "tweet" disdainfully at their haughty sire.

From Project Gutenberg

I listened; all was silent save the tweet, tweet, of the lizards and the roar of the surf, as it beat on the rocks astern.

From Project Gutenberg

Scarce has the sun disappeared below the horizon when the former issues forth and utters its harsh tweet.

From Project Gutenberg

This utters a harsh tweet which at a distance might pass for the chirp of a canary with a sore throat.

From Project Gutenberg

As the stream chattered, so the birds in the wood sang—Tweet!

From Project Gutenberg