tweets

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of tweet.

   The recording captured the faint tweets of finches between gusts of wind.

   His late-night tweets sparked an argument that lasted for days.

   Note

   One plural serving two very different things: the short, high calls of birds and posts on Twitter, or more broadly on any microblogging service. In the online sense the word sometimes appears capitalized, Tweets, as though it were a brand name. Context almost always settles which is meant. The tweets of finches are heard, while late-night tweets are read, shared and argued over.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of tweet.

   He tweets about local politics throughout the day.

   A robin tweets from the fence post just after dawn.

   Note

   The present-tense -s form splits in grammar between its two meanings. When a bird or a whistle tweets, nothing follows, because that use takes no object. When a person tweets, an object is optional: she tweets daily, or she tweets the link. The online use also stretches to any microblogging site. The capitalized spelling described with the plural noun applies here too.

   She tweets the link to her followers every morning.

   The kettle tweets softly as it nears the boil.

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