tweet
tweet Lexical Profile
tweet Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A short digital message, image, or video posted on the social media platform Twitter (now X).
"The journalist's latest tweet about the election results quickly went viral."
A short, high-pitched sound or call made by a small bird.
"We woke up early to the cheerful tweets of sparrows outside our bedroom window."
• verb
To post a short message, status update, or media file on the social media service Twitter (now X).
"The organization tweeted a link to the registration page just a few minutes ago."
To make a short, high-pitched chirping sound (characteristic of a small bird).
"Robins and finches were tweeting loudly in the garden hedges all morning."
• interjection
Used to imitate or represent the short, high-pitched chirping sound of a small bird or a whistle.
"Tweet, tweet! went the little canary from its perch near the window."
• Rhymes for tweet
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-19th century as an onomatopoeic imitation of the high-pitched call of a small bird; the digital social media sense emerged in 2006 with the launch of the microblogging platform Twitter.