1
: a chirping note
2
: a post made on the Twitter online message service
tweeted; tweeting; tweets
1
: to make a chirping sound
Later I'll want to hear the high frequencies again, the birds tweeting in the morning and the raindrops on the roof.—
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: to make a posting on the Twitter online message service : to post a tweet (see tweet entry 1 sense 2)
Madison's job was to verify information being sent in and then relay that to legal observers, street medics, and other organizers who could in turn tweet the information to the masses in the streets.—Matthew Power
Matthew PowerYou can tweet as much as you want or lurk without comment, though consistent tweeting and audience engagement are key to attracting and keeping followers.—Charlotte Abbott
Charlotte Abbott
Synonyms
Examples of tweet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebKrista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
The focus of the lawsuit is a series of tweets that Musk made last summer that promoted a far-right conspiracy theory that falsely linked Brody to an Oregon brawl between the Proud Boys and a local neo-Nazi group.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
The dictionary was used to assess the emotional subtext of the tweets Jones amassed, as well as a sample of 6 million tweets posted on the day of the eclipse.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
The all-pro wide receiver was rumored to be unhappy in Buffalo with tweets some interpreted to be critical of the Bills.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
In a tweet posted Sunday, the Mall division of the National Park Service recognized the uncommon nature of the this year’s flowering.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
So that means early voting is not possible on Monday, which is when Van Orden made his tweet encouraging people to do so.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
The recipient is DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, who announced in a tweet on Friday that he was honored to receive a Knighthood for services to AI.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
From 3:20 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, Maddock responded to his original tweet at least six times.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Rowling’s comment came amid the author tweeting several times about the Cass report’s conclusions in general.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
That day, after Harris' tweets went viral, Perry tweeted out a GIF of Hillary Clinton shrugging.
—Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
In early March, McDowell tweeted that the pallet was predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around March 8 — and that some pieces of debris might survive reentry.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Then others tweeted at Eschbacher and her employer, the Kansas City Public Library, for help.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
At press time, Musk has yet to tweet about the collapse of his company’s lawsuit against CCDH.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
The Lakers had just gotten smacked in their previous two games, with James simply tweeting the hourglass emoji.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Director Rob Reiner tweeted Thursday about something many people have been thinking about for months: Taylor Swift’s politics.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
Noun
Ahead of the meeting, Kolb accused Marshall of intentionally misleading the community in tweets about a community meeting that was slated for Thursday.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
The focus of the lawsuit is a series of tweets that Musk made last summer that promoted a far-right conspiracy theory that falsely linked Brody to an Oregon brawl between the Proud Boys and a local neo-Nazi group.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
The dictionary was used to assess the emotional subtext of the tweets Jones amassed, as well as a sample of 6 million tweets posted on the day of the eclipse.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
The all-pro wide receiver was rumored to be unhappy in Buffalo with tweets some interpreted to be critical of the Bills.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
In a tweet posted Sunday, the Mall division of the National Park Service recognized the uncommon nature of the this year’s flowering.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
So that means early voting is not possible on Monday, which is when Van Orden made his tweet encouraging people to do so.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
The recipient is DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, who announced in a tweet on Friday that he was honored to receive a Knighthood for services to AI.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
From 3:20 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, Maddock responded to his original tweet at least six times.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Verb
The project arose after Solange tweeted about wanting to release a project on BlackPlanet and caught the attention of Lula Dualeh, a political and digital strategist who had just started in a new role there.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Rowling’s comment came amid the author tweeting several times about the Cass report’s conclusions in general.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
That day, after Harris' tweets went viral, Perry tweeted out a GIF of Hillary Clinton shrugging.
—Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
In early March, McDowell tweeted that the pallet was predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around March 8 — and that some pieces of debris might survive reentry.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Then others tweeted at Eschbacher and her employer, the Kansas City Public Library, for help.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
At press time, Musk has yet to tweet about the collapse of his company’s lawsuit against CCDH.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
The Lakers had just gotten smacked in their previous two games, with James simply tweeting the hourglass emoji.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Director Rob Reiner tweeted Thursday about something many people have been thinking about for months: Taylor Swift’s politics.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
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tweet
1 of 2 nounˈtwēt
1
: a chirping sound
2
: a post made on the Twitter online message service
tweet
2 of 2 verb1
: chirp
2
: to post a message to the Twitter online message service
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