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.—
Dee Snider
Dee Snider2
: 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
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Examples of tweet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebEj Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
As Strategic Vision president Alexander Edwards notes, this was around the time Musk came under serious fire for a variety of comments made on X, including promoting an anti-Semitic tweet and lashing out at companies that pulled ads from the social media site.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
The White House then issued a series of tweets targeting GOP critics of student debt relief whose PPP loans had been forgiven.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 12 Apr. 2024
That tweet was directly referenced by Brody’s attorney.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
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
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
The response was nothing short of widespread salivation, with one tweet of the video racking up more than 87 million views as of publication.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
As Strategic Vision president Alexander Edwards notes, this was around the time Musk came under serious fire for a variety of comments made on X, including promoting an anti-Semitic tweet and lashing out at companies that pulled ads from the social media site.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
The White House then issued a series of tweets targeting GOP critics of student debt relief whose PPP loans had been forgiven.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 12 Apr. 2024
That tweet was directly referenced by Brody’s attorney.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
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
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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweet. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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