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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.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

(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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