TWITTER

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.

2.
v.

To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. Gray.

3.
v.

To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. J. Fletcher.

4.
v.

To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

5.
v.

To utter with a twitter. Cowper.

6.
n.

The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.

7.
n.

A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. Hudibras.

8.
n.

A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.


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