TWITTER


Meaning of TWITTER in English

— twitterer , n. — twitteringly , adv.

/twit"euhr/ , v.i.

1. to utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird.

2. to talk lightly and rapidly, esp. of trivial matters; chatter.

3. to titter; giggle.

4. to tremble with excitement or the like; be in a flutter.

v.t.

5. to express or utter by twittering.

n.

6. an act of twittering.

7. a twittering sound.

8. a state of tremulous excitement.

[ 1325-75; ME twiteren (v.); akin to G zwitschern ]

Syn. 8. flutter, tizzy, fluster.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .