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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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
Smith briefly confronted Lee in a Senate hallway on Monday night about his tweets, which came from his personal account.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 17 June 2025
Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The funny thing is, that meme was invoke by Warner Bros. Discovery itself when the company tweeted its own jokes about the Max name change on the Max X account.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 19 June 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.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
Smith briefly confronted Lee in a Senate hallway on Monday night about his tweets, which came from his personal account.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 17 June 2025
Verb
But the surprise was spoiled when the news of Sosa’s return was tweeted Friday morning.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The funny thing is, that meme was invoke by Warner Bros. Discovery itself when the company tweeted its own jokes about the Max name change on the Max X account.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 19 June 2025
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“Tweet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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