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Synonyms for twitter

Grammar : Verb
Spell : twit-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtwɪt ər

Définition of twitter

Origin :
  • late 14c., twiteren, in reference to birds, of imitative origin (cf. Old High German zwizziron, German zwitschern, Danish kvidre, Old Swedish kvitra). The noun meaning "condition of tremulous excitement" is attested from 1670s. The microblogging service with the 140-character limit was introduced in 2006.
  • verb giggle
Example sentences :
  • He did not mind being awakened by the "twitter" of a milk cart.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • Else would I call it the twitter of a wren that has flown over.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • "It is a pity we can't chirp and twitter like birds," said Rendel.
  • Extract from : « The Arbiter » by Lady F. E. E. Bell
  • An enchanted place with its flight and twitter of birds above the water.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of Rome » by Vernon Lee
  • I know all the birds say when they twitter and chirp, caw and coo, gobble and cluck.
  • Extract from : « Europa's Fairy Book » by Joseph Jacobs
  • My brother-in-law left us yesterday, and has put us all into a twitter.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
  • And he has made me promise not to talk about it, and, therefore, all I can do is to be in a twitter.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
  • As Voltaire's Letters, visibly in a twitter, still testify to us.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Well, I put the baby out to board with a family of the name of Twitter.
  • Extract from : « Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • He heard the bleating of the ——s and the twitter of birds among the trees.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

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