tweet

1 of 2

noun

1
: a chirping note
2
: a post made on the Twitter online message service

tweet

2 of 2

verb

tweeted; tweeting; tweets

transitive + intransitive

1
: to make a chirping sound
Later I'll want to hear the high frequencies again, the birds tweeting in the morning and the raindrops on the roof.Dee Snider
2
: to make a posting on the Twitter online message service : to post a tweet (see tweet entry 1 sense 2)
Madison's job was to verify information being sent in and then relay that to legal observers, street medics, and other organizers who could in turn tweet the information to the masses in the streets.Matthew Power
You can tweet as much as you want or lurk without comment, though consistent tweeting and audience engagement are key to attracting and keeping followers.Charlotte Abbott

Examples of tweet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In July last year the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, replied to a tweet from Swift about new tour dates in Europe. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024 That second tweet was followed by a victory sign and crown emojis. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024 Now, a single tweet from Kelce could have Swifties swapping out their helmets for hoops. David Wysong, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024 His last tweet was sent when his oxygen level was down to thirty-one. Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024 Key Facts Flight controllers were still determining how much battery life remained on the Odysseus moon lander, though power will likely continue on the spacecraft for another 10 to 20 hours, Intuitive Machines said in a tweet Tuesday. Ty Roush, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 People who still use NBA Top Shot were the primary targets of a scam tweet posted to ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski’s account on X Saturday evening at about 6:30PM ET. Richard Lawler, The Verge, 25 Feb. 2024 Gallego posted tweets dating to 2010 critical of McCain on the Iraq War. Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024 Doesn’t matter what the original tweet says, as the message is never modified to sound like a natural response. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
Verb
Cookie Monster made waves on X, formerly known as Twitter, Monday for tweeting about shrinkflation and how his cookies are getting smaller. Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2024 In response, Rousseau tweeted a link to an article noting that, in fact, couscous, a North African dish, was most popular among the French. Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 The play-by-play of who’s-aligned-with-who and who-said-what-to-whom may have the air of a salacious HBO drama, but, naked Oppenheimer tweets aside, this argument would seem to run deeper than a superficial tussle of big egos. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024 The firm tweeted Friday morning that 60% of Schiff’s broadcast ads mention Garvey. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024 Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson tweeted shortly before 7 p.m. that the lockdown had been lifted. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 For her part, Sinema tweeted Thursday about the border situation. Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024 Musk had tweeted in 2018 that unionized workers would lose stock options. David Ingram, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024 Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokeswoman, tweeted Tuesday that even after Navalny’s family had finally reclaimed his body from authorities, no place would host a funeral because of government pressure. Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

imitative

First Known Use

Noun

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tweet was in 1768

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Cite this Entry

“Tweet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweet. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tweet

1 of 2 noun
ˈtwēt
1
: a chirping sound
2
: a post made on the Twitter online message service

tweet

2 of 2 verb
1
: chirp
2
: to post a message to the Twitter online message service

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