retweets

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of retweet.

   A handful of well-timed retweets pushed the announcement onto everyone's feed.

   Analysts tracked retweets across the week to map how the story traveled.

   Note

   Here the word counts messages, not actions: each retweet is a post passed along to a new audience on Twitter. The same spelling also serves the present-tense verb, and the surrounding words tell you which one you have. A number or determiner in front (ten retweets, a handful of retweets) marks the noun. A singular subject in front (the account retweets) marks the verb.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of retweet.

   Whenever the team scores, the official account retweets the best fan reactions.

   She follows the news closely and retweets anything that corrects a popular rumor.

   Note

   The present tense that describes a routine: the account retweets fan reactions whenever the team scores. The verb is transitive, and its object is usually the message being passed on rather than the person who wrote it. The -s appears only after a singular third-person subject (she retweets, they retweet). It also has a homograph, the noun for reposted messages.

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