TWITTER


Meaning of TWITTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ twɪtə(r) ]

( twitters, twittering, twittered)

1.

When birds twitter , they make a lot of short high-pitched sounds.

There were birds twittering in the eucalyptus trees.

...a tree filled with twittering birds.

VERB : V , V-ing

Twitter is also a noun.

Naomi would waken to the twitter of birds.

N-UNCOUNT : usu N of n

2.

If you say that someone is twittering about something, you mean that they are speaking about silly or unimportant things, usually rather fast or in a high-pitched voice.

...debutantes twittering excitedly about Christian Dior dresses...

She laughs, blushes and twitters: ‘Oh, doesn’t Giles have just the most charming sense of humour?’

VERB : V about n , V with quote , also V

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