Sekirov Dictionary

twit

/twɪt/

verb6

  1. To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
  2. To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
  3. To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
  4. (dialect) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
  5. (no longer used) To criticize or disapprove of (something), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
  6. (no longer used) Followed by it: to speak or write (something) in a taunting or teasing manner.

noun6

  1. (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
  2. (US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
  3. A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
  4. A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
  5. (dialect, no longer used) A person who chatters or gossips inanely; a chatterer, a gossip or gossiper; also, a person who divulges private information about others or is indiscreet; a tattletale.
  6. (Scotland, no longer used) Clipping of twitter (“a knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving”).

exclamation1

  1. Used to represent the short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else: cheep, tweet.
forms

twitted · twittedst · twitting · twits · twitteth · twittest

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