twit

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Recent Examples of twit Nosy birds twit and tweet from their leafy vantage points. Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twit
Verb
  • Overdose deaths, retail theft, and homicides surged to record levels, running law enforcement and first responders ragged.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Using dull pruners can cause rips and ragged cuts to the foliage that will invite disease to enter the bulbs.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But just kidding, actually $14 'cuz the orange tags were 50 percent off.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
  • All kidding aside, Armstrong believes Steen will be ready in 2026.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • For a long time, Burna Boy has been teasing a new album called No Sign of Weakness.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
  • Joy Behar teased, snapping Goldberg out of her short snooze.
    Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • In 2019, a study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior saw 470 children ranging from toddlers right up to teenagers, quizzed on the topic.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
  • On the way to the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in northern Texas, the agents quizzed him about his tattoos, Mr. Alvarado later told his sister, Izaida Alvarado.
    Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Cos ribbed underwired halterneck swimsuit, $99 The Flirty Floral: Peony Sonnet one-piece swimsuit, $250 The Classic Summer White: Eres Les Essentiels Aquarelle swimsuit, $425 There’s something for everyone included in the mix.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 13 May 2025
  • To recap, Rihanna started the evening with a casual pregnancy reveal outside the Carlyle Hotel, wearing a two-piece gray ribbed skirt and tee set, ahead of getting ready for the big event.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Be Courtesy To Other Shoppers To a Southerner, manners are top of mind, so pushing, shoving, and being rude over buying things doesn’t jive with a genteel way of life.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
  • From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Gilgeous-Alexander said the smile was a response to fans who were razzing him.
    Cliff Brunt, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
  • Expect to hear plenty of Bronx cheers—otherwise known as razzing.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Soon, a malevolent fetch -- his ghostly double -- emerges, taunting him with hallucinations of his dead son and dragging him toward the brink of madness.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
  • Noted, But Not Personal After the Pacers eliminated the Knicks last season, Myles Turner went viral for parading through New York City and taunting Knicks fans.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025

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“Twit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twit. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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