Category:Twitter

Twit"ter, n. Etym: [from twit.]

Defn: one who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.

Twitter Twit"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Twittering.] Etym: [oe. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf. G. zwitschern, ohg. Zwizzir, d. kwetteren, sw. qwitra, dan. quiddre. Cf. Titter.]

1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. Gray.

2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to Giggle. J. Fletcher.

3. Etym: [perhaps influenced by twitch.]

Defn: to have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or Agitated.

Twitter Twit"ter, v. t.

Defn: to utter with a twitter. Cowper.

Twitter Twit"ter, n.

1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as That made by a swallow.

2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a Titter; a giggle. Hudibras.

3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.