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twit
1[ twit ]
twit
2[ twit ]
noun
- a weak or thin place in yarn caused by uneven spinning.
twit
3[ twit ]
noun
- an insignificant, silly, or bothersome person:
Pay no attention to that obnoxious little twit!
twit
1/ twɪt /
noun
- informal.a foolish or stupid person; idiot
twit
2/ twɪt /
verb
- tr to tease, taunt, or reproach, often in jest
noun
- informal.a nervous or excitable state
- rare.a reproach; taunt
Word History and Origins
Origin of twit1
Origin of twit2
Origin of twit3
Word History and Origins
Origin of twit1
Origin of twit2
Example Sentences
I laughed when I saw the example sentence using this perfect word: Pay no attention to that obnoxious little TWIT!
But in one segment, Ray gets her seasonings mixed up (twice), giving critics all the more reason to call her a twit.
And Wiener announced on Thursday her intent to take a “little twit-cation.”
The twit, Guy Clinch, is the unlucky father of Marmaduke, an 18-month-old prodigy of domestic mayhem.
Jar Jar Binks: "a wrist-flapping, deer-faced twit of an alien with the voice of a Jamaican drag-queen."
Wednesday came, and still he was well, with which his impertinent wife did much twit him in his teeth.
With her free hand now she gave the string a small twit and watched the vibration run up and down the string twice.
But look here, old fellow, you were ready enough to twit me about not being with the army.
Besides, so very little has transpired to go by that I can't see exactly what they could either congratulate or twit about.
They twit us with our debased fondness for the tub, and they do but add injury to insult when they send us soap for use therein.
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