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.—
Dee Snider
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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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Robbie Farias, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Written in a joking and contemptuous tone, the tweet would take on an indescribably morbid weight just five days later, when, at the behest of Governor Cláudio Castro, the Rio de Janeiro police carried out the deadliest massacre in the country’s history.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Somehow that was even fewer than Newsom’s public calls for corrections; the governor’s Twitter account tweeted at the Post seeking corrections five times.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Throughout the morning, Escobar shared a series of tweets informing the public of the airlift status.
—Robbie Farias, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Written in a joking and contemptuous tone, the tweet would take on an indescribably morbid weight just five days later, when, at the behest of Governor Cláudio Castro, the Rio de Janeiro police carried out the deadliest massacre in the country’s history.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted Friday that Biden had been looking forward to an interview on Fox Soul, a streaming sister service to the conservative Fox News.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Somehow that was even fewer than Newsom’s public calls for corrections; the governor’s Twitter account tweeted at the Post seeking corrections five times.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Tweet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweet. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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