retweeted; retweeting; retweets
Definition of retweet
: to repost (something, such as a message) to the Twitter online message service
Garcia snapped a pic that was retweeted more than a thousand times.— Lee Jenkins … people who use Twitter … are rewarded with social validation when their tweets are retweeted … — The Economist
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The first known use of retweet was in 2007
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