different between tweet vs twit
tweet
English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twi?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Noun
tweet (plural tweets)
- The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
- (Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. [from 2007]
- 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications
- For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
- 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications
Translations
Verb
tweet (third-person singular simple present tweets, present participle tweeting, simple past tweeted or (internet, very rare) twote, past participle tweeted or (internet, very rare) twoten)
- (intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
- (transitive, intransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter. [from 2007]
Conjugation
Derived terms
- quote tweet
- retweet
- tweetup
- tweeter
Translations
Interjection
tweet
- An onomatopoeic of bird singing.
Translations
See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
Further reading
- tweet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “'Tweet' 2009 Word of the Year, 'Google' Word of the Decade, as voted by American Dialect Society”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?[5], American Dialect Society, 2010-01-08
References
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English tweet.
Noun
tweet m (plural tweets)
- tweet
- Synonyms: piulada, tuit
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English tweet.
Noun
tweet
- tweet (Twitter)
- 2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN
- ... og at du lyver i dine tweets / ... / jeg skriver et tweet med våde fingre / ... / og der er 7 personer der citerer tweeten ...
- 2015, Anna Erelle, Forklædt som jihad-brud, Art People ?ISBN
- David Thomsons kontakter synes, hans historie er for tyk, og han har trukket tweetet tilbage.
- 2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN
Declension
Verb
tweet
- imperative of tweete
French
Noun
tweet m (plural tweets)
- a tweet (a message on Twitter)
Synonyms
- (Twitter): twit
Polish
Etymology
From English tweet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twit/
Noun
tweet m inan
- (Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) tweetowa?
Related terms
- (noun) Twitter
Further reading
- tweet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- tweet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tuíte
Noun
tweet m (plural tweets)
- (Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter)
Spanish
Noun
tweet m (plural tweets)
- tweet
tweet From the web:
- what tweet got trump banned
- what tweet has the most likes
- what tweet has the most retweets
- what tweets were banned
- what tweets are trending
- what tweets got deleted
- what tweets violated twitter
- what tweet has the most comments
twit
English
Etymology
Originally twite, an aphetism of Middle English atwite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tw?t/, [t?w??t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
twit (third-person singular simple present twits, present participle twitting, simple past and past participle twitted)
- (transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
- 1590, Shakespeare. History of Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I
- "Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here
- With ignominious words, though clerkly couch'd,
- As if she had suborned some to swear
- False allegations to o'erthrow his state? " -
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Romiero, Act 3, p.55.
- "Nay, do not twit me now with all the freaks,
And levities, and gambols charged upon me
By every lean-faced dame that wears a hood."
- "Nay, do not twit me now with all the freaks,
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 106:
- Mr. Cramer, a policeman, came this morning and twitted me for having let a murderer hoodwink me.
- 2007, Bernard Porter, "Did He Puff his Crimes to Please a Bloodthirsty Readership?", review of Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal, London Review of Books, 5 April, 29:7, p. 10
- H. R. Fox Bourne, secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society – often twitted for being an ‘armchair critic’ – wrote in a review of one of Stanley's books […]
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion
- This […] these scoffers twitted the Christian with.
- 1590, Shakespeare. History of Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I
- (transitive, computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
- 1995, "Michelle Jackson", Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts (on newsgroup rec.music.tori-amos)
- However, on the Internet BBS's such as Quartz (now dead), Prism, Monsoon, Sunset, ect[sic], someone pulling that kind of crap is likely to get flamed quite fast and twitted before he/she can breathe.
- 2002, "Chris Hoppman", FidoNet Feed Needed (on newsgroup alt.bbs)
- And no, there is no "thought purification program" that can filter out some folks[sic] obscene ideas that can be expressed w/o written vulgarities. That has to be simply "dealt" with, either by ignoring or twitting the individual that offends habitually.
- 1995, "Michelle Jackson", Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts (on newsgroup rec.music.tori-amos)
Translations
Noun
twit (plural twits)
- A reproach, gibe or taunt.
- A foolish or annoying person.
- 1988, Larry Kramer, Just Say No
- What do you mean, since when did I become such a radical fairy? Since I started knowing twits like you, you twit!
- 1988, Larry Kramer, Just Say No
- A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person.
- 2009, David Cameron
- "Too many twits make a twat." He was subsequently pilloried for not knowing that "twat" is actually very rude, and for not realising that one is a euphemism for the other.
- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jul/29/david-cameron-apology-radio-twitter
- 2009, David Cameron
- A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely (see usage notes).
Usage notes
In the UK, the word "twit" for a person is usually used in a humorous or affectionate manner.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fool
Derived terms
- twitling
Translations
Anagrams
- Witt
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twit/
Noun
twit m (plural twits)
- (Quebec, colloquial) twit (foolish person)
- a tweet (a message on Twitter)
Synonyms
- (Twitter): tweet
Related terms
- (Twitter): twitter
Spanish
Noun
twit m (plural twits)
- tweet (message on Twitter)
twit From the web:
- what twitch
- what twitter
- what twitch panels should i have
- what twitter lists am i on
- what twitch tags should i use
- what twitter accounts to follow for ps5
- what twitching means
- what twitch emote
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