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(twēt)

1. A weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.

2. A message posted on Twitter. Tweets are limited to 140 characters.

intr.v. tweet·ed, tweet·ing, tweets

1. To utter a weak chirping sound.

2. To write a tweet on Twitter.

[Imitative.]

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(twiːt)

interj

(Zoology) (often reiterated) an imitation or representation of the thin chirping sound made by small or young birds

1. (Zoology) (intr) to make this sound

2. to post a short message on the Twitter website

3. a thin chirping sound

4. a short message posted on the Twitter website

[C19: of imitative origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

(twit)

n.

1. a chirping sound, as of a small bird.

v.i.

2. to chirp.

[1835–45; imitative]

Past participle: tweeted
Gerund: tweeting

Imperative
tweet
tweet

Present
I tweet
you tweet
he/she/it tweets
we tweet
you tweet
they tweet

Preterite
I tweeted
you tweeted
he/she/it tweeted
we tweeted
you tweeted
they tweeted

Present Continuous
I am tweeting
you are tweeting
he/she/it is tweeting
we are tweeting
you are tweeting
they are tweeting

Present Perfect
I have tweeted
you have tweeted
he/she/it has tweeted
we have tweeted
you have tweeted
they have tweeted

Past Continuous
I was tweeting
you were tweeting
he/she/it was tweeting
we were tweeting
you were tweeting
they were tweeting

Past Perfect
I had tweeted
you had tweeted
he/she/it had tweeted
we had tweeted
you had tweeted
they had tweeted

Future
I will tweet
you will tweet
he/she/it will tweet
we will tweet
you will tweet
they will tweet

Future Perfect
I will have tweeted
you will have tweeted
he/she/it will have tweeted
we will have tweeted
you will have tweeted
they will have tweeted

Future Continuous
I will be tweeting
you will be tweeting
he/she/it will be tweeting
we will be tweeting
you will be tweeting
they will be tweeting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tweeting
you have been tweeting
he/she/it has been tweeting
we have been tweeting
you have been tweeting
they have been tweeting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tweeting
you will have been tweeting
he/she/it will have been tweeting
we will have been tweeting
you will have been tweeting
they will have been tweeting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tweeting
you had been tweeting
he/she/it had been tweeting
we had been tweeting
you had been tweeting
they had been tweeting

Conditional
I would tweet
you would tweet
he/she/it would tweet
we would tweet
you would tweet
they would tweet

Past Conditional
I would have tweeted
you would have tweeted
he/she/it would have tweeted
we would have tweeted
you would have tweeted
they would have tweeted

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Noun	1.	tweet - a weak chirping sound as of a small bird chirp - a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
Verb	1.	tweet - make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree" twirp sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	tweet - squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" nip, pinch, twinge, twitch, squeeze grip - hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel" goose - pinch in the buttocks; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl" tweak - pinch or squeeze sharply

Translations

zwitschern

pépiement

cinguettare cinguettio

[twiːt]

A. N [of bird] → pío pío m

B. VI → piar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

[ˈtwiːt] n → pépiement m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

n (of birds) → Ziepen nt, → Piepsen nt no pl; tweet tweet → ziep, ziep, pieps, pieps

vi → ziepen, piepsen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

[twiːt] vi → cinguettare

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