twitter

noun6

1. •
   The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.

   • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
2. •
   A tremulous broken sound.
3. •
   A slight trembling of the nerves.
4. •
   (UK, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.
5. •
   Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.

   • Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate. — 1986
6. •
   (Scotland, no longer used) A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit.

verb5

1. •
   To utter a succession of chirps.

   • The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, — 1750
2. •
   (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
3. •
   To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

   • Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, / When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too! — 1616
4. •
   To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
5. •
   (no longer used) To twit; to reproach or upbraid.

noun3

1. •
   (Internet, informal) A user account on Twitter.

   • I've lost the password to my Twitter.
   • I deleted Twitter last night. I just can't keep up anymore.
2. •
   (Internet, informal) A feed on Twitter.
3. •
   [in compounds] (Internet, informal) A community on Twitter.

   • There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators. — 2023

verb1

1. •
   (Internet, nonstandard) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.

   • Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties — 2009