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Twitter   /twˈɪtər/   Listen
noun
Twitter  n.  One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.


Twitter  n.  
1.
The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
2.
A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.
3.
A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.


verb
Twitter  v. t.  To utter with a twitter.


Twitter  v. i.  (past & past part. twittered; pres. part. twittering)  
1.
To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. "The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed."
2.
To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
3.
To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.





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"Twitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... cheerfully and kindly toward the whole human race. As he walked down into the city to transact some business he had there with his lawyer, he went out of his way to speak to little children. He gave all his acquaintances a heartier "Good-morning" than usual. He even whistled at passing dogs. The twitter of the sparrows in the trees, their fierce contentions on the grass, amused him. He leaned over the railing of the fountain in the square with the idlers, and took a deep interest in the turtles, who were baking their frescoed backs in the warm ...
— The Bread-winners - A Social Study • John Hay
... one day, and I found that it proceeded from the throat of a young blue-wing perched in the bushes, for presently the mamma came and thrust a morsel into the open mouth of the bantling. Some young birds sit quietly and patiently, waiting for their rations, and utter only a faint twitter when they are fed; but the youthful blue-wings are not of so contented and silent a disposition. On the contrary, they are noisy little fellows, making their presence known to friend and foe alike, although they are very careful ...
— Our Bird Comrades • Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
... behind her fan. Janet met Kendal's eyes instinctively; he was burning red, and his manner was eloquent of his helplessness. Angry with herself for having waited, so long, Janet joined Elfrida just as the twitter made itself heard, and Mr. Jasper's face ...
— A Daughter of To-Day • Sara Jeannette Duncan (aka Mrs. Everard Cotes)
... broken-down critter, Who is all of a trimmle and twitter, With your palate unpleasantly bitter, As if you'd just bitten a pill - When your legs are as thin as dividers, And you're plagued with unruly insiders, And your spine is all creepy with spiders, And you're ...
— Songs of a Savoyard • W. S. Gilbert
... and sing till the big buck thought the little bird's throat must crack. His thirst quenched, the red deer would be escorted by the Bush Robin to the confine of the little bird's preserve, and with a last twitter of farewell, Robin would fly back rapidly to tell the ...
— The Tale of Timber Town • Alfred Grace


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