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twit·ter

UK/ˈtwɪ.tə/ US/ˈtwɪ.təɹ/ fairly common informal uk
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a series of chirps

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verb

1.

make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

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Origin

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”).

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