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  1. intransitive verb To utter a succession of light chirping or tremulous sounds; chirrup.
  2. intransitive verb To speak rapidly and in a tremulous manner: twittering over office gossip.
  3. intransitive verb To giggle nervously; titter.

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  • "Steve-o-rooni" on twitter is already tweeting about the coolness of the beta. —  How To Split An Atom
  • There's no right or wrong way to twitter, although there is some etiquette and there are some more effective ways to Tweet. —  LBSzone RSS News Feed
  • I think that twitter is a better positioned for self expression and CRM (see Zappos, Get Satisfaction, etc..). —  Scobleizer
  • Notify me of followup comments via email minxdragon: I have been packing my life into little boxes all day .. phew! time for a break before I tackle my studio methinks. minxdragon: @luketerpstra welcome! twitter is almost too much fun: D minxdragon: omg I've spent the last few hours on the phone getting very very little accomplished. —  Jennie's Palette
  • A: Either before or after certification the companies should be looking at, RSS feeds, facebook groups, twitter, and social bookmarking as well as creating custom YouTube channels to create meaningful content that engages consumer. —  Search Engine Watch Blog
 

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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English twiteren, ultimately of imitative origin.

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  1. from Middle English twiteren, twitren = Dutch kwetteren = Old High German zwizirōn, Middle High German zwitzern, Greek zwitschern = Swedish quittra = Danish kvidre, twitter; prob. orig. imitative.
  2. from twitter' v.
  3. from twit + -er.
  4. Perhaps a dial. corruption of flitter or fritter.
  5. A dial. variant of quitter.
 

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