tweet

1 of 2

noun

1
: a chirping note
2
: a post made on the Twitter online message service

tweet

2 of 2

verb

tweeted; tweeting; tweets

transitive + intransitive

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
2
: 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
You 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

Examples of tweet in a Sentence

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Noun
Like when Lemon pressed him on his flirtations with the Great Replacement Theory — a white supremacist conspiracy that people of color are replacing white people — in a tweet suggesting Biden’s immigration policy was basically a ploy to open up the border and get more votes. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024 Elsewhere in the interview, Lemon asked if Musk’s controversial late-night tweets are written while sober. Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024 McGregor’s tweet was then circulated widely in Telegram channels with links to the far-right. Caolán Magee, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024 Within minutes, the tweet amassed more than 700 views, by Twitter’s count. Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 Thank you for every post, tweet, edit, interaction, etc. Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024 Missouri law on the matter became an internet sensation in 2022 after a viral tweet and subsequent article in the Riverfront Times weekly newspaper that featured a pregnant lawyer in the process of getting a divorce who criticized the law. The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024 In July last year the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, replied to a tweet from Swift about new tour dates in Europe. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024 That second tweet was followed by a victory sign and crown emojis. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
Verb
Amy Berg, who wrote for Nick hits Kenan & Kel and All That, tweeted a brief account on Monday of her experience working for Schneider. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024 Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Katrina Foley both tweeted about the incident Friday morning to their constituents. Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024 About the same time as the memo was circulating, Lake tweeted a statement opposing restrictions to IVF. Ben Giles, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024 That’s at least how many times Chesebro tweeted as BadgerPundit saying that Pence was able to count electors benefitting Trump, according to the CNN analysis of his account, which used the WayBack Machine. Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Cookie Monster made waves on X, formerly known as Twitter, Monday for tweeting about shrinkflation and how his cookies are getting smaller. Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2024 In response, Rousseau tweeted a link to an article noting that, in fact, couscous, a North African dish, was most popular among the French. Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 The play-by-play of who’s-aligned-with-who and who-said-what-to-whom may have the air of a salacious HBO drama, but, naked Oppenheimer tweets aside, this argument would seem to run deeper than a superficial tussle of big egos. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024 The firm tweeted Friday morning that 60% of Schiff’s broadcast ads mention Garvey. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

imitative

First Known Use

Noun

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tweet was in 1768

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Cite this Entry

“Tweet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweet. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tweet

1 of 2 noun
ˈtwēt
1
: a chirping sound
2
: a post made on the Twitter online message service

tweet

2 of 2 verb
1
: chirp
2
: to post a message to the Twitter online message service

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