Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small loudspeaker designed to reproduce high-pitched sounds in a high-fidelity audio system.
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- noun An electronic
speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds
Etymologies
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Examples
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Enough, and the president tweetering in tweeter without "using" it is not a reason to Palinize him?
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Chris Kluwe is nearly as good a punter as he is a tweeter, which is a compliment.
NYT > Home Page By ANDY BENOIT 2011
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Each earpiece includes two balanced drivers acting as a woofer and tweeter, which is a rare feature in a pair of $79 headphones!
Mobility Today 2009
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Lastly, no matter how big a speaker is, the tweeter is the most susceptible driver to fail when it's subjected to THD … Totally Horrific Decisions.
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John is not a "tweeter," and (at the moment) neither am I, though I have been sucked into the black hole that is Facebook.
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John is not a "tweeter," and (at the moment) neither am I, though I have been sucked into the black hole that is Facebook.
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The avalanche of incredulity, ridicule and scepticism that greeted anyone who came out as a "tweeter" in those early days is hard to imagine now, five years on.
Twitter's five-year evolution from ridicule to dissidents' tool 2011
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John is not a "tweeter," and (at the moment) neither am I, though I have been sucked into the black hole that is Facebook.
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John is not a "tweeter," and (at the moment) neither am I, though I have been sucked into the black hole that is Facebook.
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They might as well have said they are making yet another sitcom like Everybody Loves Raymond, only this one we're saying is based off of a Twitter account to get people to watch it because it has something to do with precious "tweeter".
William Shatner to Lead TV Series Based off Twitter User “Shit My Dad Says” – Collider.com 2010
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