twitters 1 of 2

noun

plural of twitter
1
as in sweats
a state of nervous or irritated concern our grandmother gets all in a twitter if she doesn't get her weekly phone call right on time

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2
as in chuckles
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement the sort of lame double entendres that invariably provoke twitters among the immature

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twitters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of twitter
1
as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation a local diner where the town gossips like to twitter

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2
as in chirps
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird his two-way radio twittered as he answered it

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3
as in laughs
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound has this grating habit of twittering helplessly whenever she's nervous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitters
  1. sweats
  2. chuckles
  3. chats
  4. chirps
  5. laughs
  6. huffs
  7. giggles
  8. talks
Noun
  • Shields briefly stepped into frame to give Shippy a kiss, keeping it casual in slate gray sweats and oversized aviator sunglasses.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 Aug. 2026
  • If only there were a pair of pants that felt just as comfortable as sweats but looked more polished and fashion-forward — oh wait!
    — Melony Forcier, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sweats
Noun
  • The risk, though, with horror-comedy—with dinging from chuckles to shrieks and back again—is always an evacuated center.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • There was a point in Patrick Paul’s ascension last season where his smirk, his hearty chuckles irritated, if not frustrated his opponents to the point of anger.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Definition of chuckles
Verb
  • Shuenemeyer regularly chats with other arborists from Maine to Washington, looking to identify and catalog historic varieties of apples.
    — Kevin Strong, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the German Telegram chats date back to at least 2020, court documents show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of chats
Verb
  • Yurov laughs hysterically and chirps back at Kreider.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of chirps
Verb
  • The friend laughs and dips her head toward her hand on the bar in delight.
    — Liz Johnson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Lacy laughs about it now, as a consequence of just how haywire that time was — for him, and everyone.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of laughs
Noun
  • David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025
Definition of huffs
Noun
  • Meanwhile, donning night-vision giggles, Knoxville gleefully attacks them with trash can lids and tasers.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Keira Knightley is all giggles at day 12 of the 2026 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 10.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of giggles
Verb
  • Prize Director Michael Kelleher talks with 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction recipient Kei Miller about Yuval Noah Harari’s sprawling and sometimes controversial book Sapiens and about how humanity is fiction (and vice-versa).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In this encore episode for our Tech Camp series, host Regina Barber talks to Carl Zimmer, a science reporter at The New York Times, about his reporting on mirror cells — and why creating them could lead to devastating consequences for life on Earth.
    — Berly McCoy, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of talks
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