Definition of "twitter"

twitter

/ˈtwɪt.ə(ɹ)/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural twitters
1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
2. (countable) A tremulous broken sound.
3. A slight trembling of the nerves.
4. Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
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  Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
  1986, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986, IEEE, page 145
verb
third-person singular simple present twitters, present participle twittering, simple past and past participle twittered
1. (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.
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  The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,
  1750, Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in The Works of Thomas Gray, volume I, published 1825, page 114
  The swallows, which had been tempted here in great numbers on account of the quantity of insects to be found in proximity to the wood, and had established themselves in the barn and under the eaves, were gambolling, circling, and twittering fearlessly about in the sunshine.
  1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 278
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.
  Quotations
  Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too!
  c. 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Loyal Svbiect”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To twit; to reproach or upbraid.
  Quotations
  I have repented of it many’s the good time and oft. And if he was so good to forgive me a word spoken in haste or so, it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me. He was a husband to me, he was; and if ever I did make use of an ill word or so in a passion, I never called him rascal […]
  1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
6. Alternative form of Twitter
  Quotations
  In addition to listing specific earmarks he finds the most reprehensible, McCain said he has been twittering the “top ten” most egregious
  2009 March 2, Michelle Levi, “McCain Criticizes Obama On The Senate Floor”, in CBS News‎, retrieved 2 March 2009
7. (intransitive) To move like a songbird.

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