Tweet

Definition: Tweet

Tweet

Noun

1. A week chirping sound as of a small bird.

Verb

1. Make a weak, chirping sound, as of a small bird.

2. Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tweet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1872. (references)

Synonyms: Tweet

Crosswords: Tweet

Manx (tweet, tweet of bird).

Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet (Rockin' Robin; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Hyde and Go Tweet (1960)

Tweet Dreams (1959)

Trick or Tweet (1959)

Tweet Zoo (1957)

Ain't She Tweet (1952)

Take Away (performing artist: Missy Elliott featuring Ginuwine & Tweet)

Call Me (performing artist: Tweet)

Oops (Oh My) (performing artist: Tweet)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bark, Bark, Meow, Tweet, Tweet (reference)

• Good Night, Tweet Prince Phonics Reader: Looney Tunes Level B with Sticker (reference)

• Home Tweet Home: 17 Bird Cage Projects (reference)

• Home Tweet Home: The Bird Lover's Housebuilding Guide for Feathered Friends (reference)

• Little Bird Tweet (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tweety - Home Tweet Home (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Tweet (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Looney Tunes Tweet Tweety Mousepad (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Beginning with "tweet": tweet-tut.

Albanian

cicëroj (Carol, chatter, chirp, chirrup, twitter), cicërimë (Carol, chatter, chirp, chirrup, peep, twitter, warble). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سقسقة (chirp, peep), ‏سقسق (chirp, chirrup, twitter), ‏السقسقة صوت الطائر الصغير. (various references)

Bulgarian 

чуруликане (chirp, pipe, piping, twitter, warble), чуруликам (Carol, chirp, pipe, twitter, warble). (various references)

Farsi 

صدای جیرجیر. (various references)

French

pépier (twitter), gazouillement (twitter). (various references)

German

ziepen (cheep, chirp), piepsen (bleep, cheep, chirps, chirrup, peep, pipe, pule, squeak, to cheep), piepen (bleep, cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep, pipe, pule, squeak, to beep, twitter), piep (cheep, chirp). (various references)

Greek 

τσιτσιρίζω (hiss, peep, sizzle), τσιτσίρισμα μικρού πτηνού, τιτίβισμα (chirp, chirping, peep, twitter). (various references)

Hebrew 

ציוץ (cheep, chirp, twitter). (various references)

Hungarian

csipogás (cheep, chip, chirp, chirping, peep). (various references)

Indonesian

siulan (twitter), siul (twitter), bersiul (cheep, twitter, whistle). (various references)

Italian

cinguettare (chirp, chirrup, twitter). (various references)

Manx

tweetal. (various references)

Pig Latin

eettway

Portuguese

pipilar (chirp, peek, peep, pip, pule, twitter), pipiar, chilrear (cheep, chirp, chirrup, peek, peep, twitter). (various references)

Russian 

щебетать (chatter, chirp), чириканье птиц. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

cvrkutati (chirm, chirp), cvrkut (chirp, twitter). (various references)

Spanish

piar (cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep, pule). (various references)

Swedish

pipa (beep, cheep, chirp, Fife, peep, pipe, squeak, tube, wheeze, whimper, whistle), pip (beak, beep, bleep, cheep, chirp, lip, peep, snout, spout, squeak, whistle), kvittra (chirp, chirrup, twitter, warble), kvitter (chirp, chirrup, twitter, warble). (various references)

Turkish

cıvıltı (cheep, cheeping, chirp, pipe, twitter), cıvıldamak (cheep, chirp, coo, twitter). (various references)

Ukrainian

щебетати (babble, chatter, chirm, chirp, chirrup, quaver, twitter). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng kêu chiêm chiếp (chirp). (various references)

pipio. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "tweet": tweeted, tweeter, tweeters, tweeting, tweets. (additional references)

Words ending with "tweet": peetweet. (additional references)

Words containing "tweet": peetweets. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tweet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: teet, teget, tewe, tewet, tewt, tewte, tezet, theet, treet, tseet, twae, twaut, twe, tweat, tweeb, tweef, tweeg, tweek, tweel, tweep, tweetie, tweety, twegen, twer, twere, t'were, twert, twet, twete, twety, twout, twy, Twyi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: twee, weet.

-2 letters: ewe, tee, tet, tew, wee, wet.

-3 letters: et, we.

+1 letter: tweets, wetted, wetter.

+2 letters: tweeted, tweeter, wetters, wettest, whetted, whetter.

+3 letters: peetweet, rewetted, sawteeth, sweetest, thewiest, tweeters, tweeting, twenties, unwetted, wettable, whetters.

+4 letters: bedwetter, entwisted, meltwater, peetweets, retwisted, rewetting, rewritten, statewide, strewment, sweatiest, sweetmeat, therewith, tidewater, towelette, toweriest, tweakiest, tweediest, twentieth, twittered, typewrite, typewrote, wadsetted, wagonette, wateriest, wattmeter, whetstone, witherite.

+5 letters: bedwetters, bitterweed, butterweed, cottonweed, flowerette, intertwine, meltwaters, newsletter, outtowered, outwrestle, overwetted, rottweiler, streetwise, strewments, sweetheart, sweetmeats, sweltriest, tidewaters, towelettes, twentieths, typewriter, typewrites, wagonettes, wastewater, wattmeters, wealthiest, weightiest, wentletrap, whetstones, winteriest, wintertide, wintertime, witherites.