Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The chirping of birds; also, any series of small, clear, intermitted sounds resembling the notes of a bird.
- noun A quivering; a flutter; a state of tremulous excitement indicative of alarm, suspense, desire, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who, or that which, twitters.
- noun A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
twitter . - noun The act of producing
chirping sounds, ortwitters .
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Examples
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The term twittering describes the activity of updating a Twitter account.
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I'd imagine most of the twittering is done from back rooms, bathrooms, smoking areas, and cubicles.
Looks Like MOD Can Overrule JSC (and NASA HQ) PAO - NASA Watch 2009
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And because of that, yes, the twittering is going to be perceived by most as petty and snarky and mean.
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It's only Tuesday, and I'm already in twittering fangirl hysterics over Wiscon.
Wiscon yuki_onna 2006
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At 51, Fred Couples, who began play on Saturday as the leader of the Northern Trust Open, said of Twitter, "Is it called twittering or tweeting?"
NYT > Home Page By LARRY DORMAN 2011
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He's been "twittering" - that's short of a one-line blog, for the technological newbies reading this - about his least favorite earmarks in the $410 billion bill.
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He's been "twittering" - that's short of a one-line blog, for the technological newbies reading this - about his least favorite earmarks in the $410 billion bill.
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There were a number of lunchers twittering from the scene and Lunch’er Rebecca posted this in the comments: The wait for food at Bon Chon has been an hour and a half since 1pm.
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Getting a 7 foot tall, 320 pound man to do anything called twittering is insidious, especially when it involves creating a following.
Shaun Casey: Ashton Kutcher: History's Greatest Monster? 2009
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In the blue light and in the silence her thin voice recalled the twittering of a lark.
The Argonauts Eliza Orzeszkowa 1876
artm commented on the word twittering
"...after the hundred and eightieth all twittering is to be treated as a sign of hopelessness." Alasdair Gray, Lanark, 1981
April 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word twittering
Hoplessness?
April 28, 2008
artm commented on the word twittering
thanks gangerh, that was supposed to be "hope" indeed.
April 28, 2008