Definition of TWEET

tweet

Plural: tweets

Noun

  • a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
  • The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  • An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
  • An entry on any microblogging service.

Verb

Verb Forms: tweeted, tweeting, tweets

  • To make a short, high-pitched sound, like a bird.
  • make a weak, chirping sound
    • "the small bird was tweeting in the tree"
  • squeeze tightly between the fingers
  • To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
  • To post an entry to Twitter.
  • To post an entry to any microblogging site.

Intj

  • used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.

Examples

  • He heard a bird TWEET outside his window as he finally found a bingo in his rack.

Origin / Etymology

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).

Scrabble Score: 8

tweet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tweet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tweet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

tweet: valid Words With Friends Word