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tweet

SayTWEET/ˈtwit/UK/ˈtwiːt/

Pluraltweets

Verbtweets, tweeting, tweeted

7 meanings of tweet

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A short message someone posts on the Twitter website or app.

    Like a short note pinned to a public board that anyone can read.

    Her tweet about the lost dog was shared thousands of times.

    He read the tweet out loud to his friends at lunch.

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  2. 2
    verbtransitive or intransitive
    To post a short message on the Twitter website or app.

    Like writing a quick note and sticking it on a public board for everyone to see.

    She likes to tweet about her favorite shows every evening.

    He tweeted a photo from the concert last night.

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A short, high sound like the one a small bird makes.

    Like the quick chirp a small bird makes.

    The little bird gave a cheerful tweet at sunrise.

    The whistle ended with one sharp tweet.

    Similarchirp, cheep, peep, twitter, chirrup

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  4. 4
    verbintransitive
    To make a short, high sound like a small bird.

    Like a tiny bird singing one short, high note.

    The sparrows tweet outside my window each morning.

    A small bird tweeted from the fence post.

    Similarchirp, cheep, twitter, peep, chirrup

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  5. 5
    nouncountable
    A short message posted on any microblogging site, not just one.

    Like a short note you can stick on any public board, not just one.

    She cross-posted the same tweet to three different microblogging apps.

    Every tweet on the new platform disappears after a week.

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  6. 6
    verbtransitive or intransitive
    To post a short message on any microblogging site, not just one.

    Like pinning a quick note to any public board, not only one of them.

    She can tweet from any of the apps on her phone.

    He tweeted the news to followers on two different sites.

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  7. 7
    interjection
    Used to copy the short, high sound a small bird makes.

    Like writing "beep" to show the sound a horn makes.

    Tweet! went the little bird as it hopped along the branch.

    Tweet, tweet! The chicks called out for their mother.

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Origin

The word copies the sound a small bird makes. The internet meanings came from the app Twitter.