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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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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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as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
a local diner where the town gossips like to twitter
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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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Noun
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But from then on, Nolte was never late and showed up every day in the same outfit — a trench coat, T-shirt, sweats and Nike turf shoes — with a notebook in hand.
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Amazon has so many chic summer matching sets that go beyond cozy slouchy sweats.
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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.
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Even Saturday Night Live’s reigning king of smarm, Colin Jost, playing a henpecked husband, got some chuckles out of me.
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While Yahia chats with The Star, his daughter, Hannah, takes a tray of baklava out of the oven.
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Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.
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Yurov laughs hysterically and chirps back at Kreider.
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Clive Davis was the most humble man in the music business [laughs].
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Kylie laughs and throws another cupful.
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.
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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.
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Admittedly, Carmy is not exactly a bucket of giggles in this episode, or, really, in any episode.
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These giggles evolved to best suit animals’ different social lives, said Brittany Florkiewicz, who studies animal communication at Lyon College and had no role in the new research.
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Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
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Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
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“Twitters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitters. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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