1
: a chirping note
2
: a post made on the X 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 X 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 AbbottExamples of tweet in a Sentence
Verb
the computer tweeted again, signaling another error
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Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2018, Forstater posted numerous anti-trans tweets, both generalizing about trans people and directly targeting one nonbinary person.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 18 Apr. 2025
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
Go to court, stop tweeting and put up or shut up in front of the judges.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2018, Forstater posted numerous anti-trans tweets, both generalizing about trans people and directly targeting one nonbinary person.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
Wow, that’s so interesting to me, maybe people are longing for a longer format conversation where people are actually stressing issues and not just tweeting things back.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
Go to court, stop tweeting and put up or shut up in front of the judges.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Tweet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweet. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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