Monday, April 22, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: twitter

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|twitteren}}, {{t-|nl|tweeten}}

  

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|twitteren}}, {{t-|nl|tweeten}}
 

* Finnish: {{t-|fi|twiitata}}

  

* Finnish: {{t-|fi|twiitata}}
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* German: {{t+|de|twittern}}

  

* German: {{t+|de|twittern}}
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* Portuguese: {{t|pt|twittar}}
 

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tvittra}}

  

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tvittra}}
 

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Latest revision as of 00:36, 23 April 2013

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Imitating the sound.

[edit] Noun

twitter (plural twitters)

  1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
    I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.

[edit] Translations

sound made by birds

[edit] Verb

twitter (third-person singular simple present twitters, present participle twittering, simple past and past participle twittered)

  1. (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.
    • Gray
      The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
  3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Fletcher to this entry?)
  4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  5. (neologism, Internet) To use the microblogging service Twitter.

[edit] Synonyms

  • (internet neologism): tweet

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations
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