Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Informal A foolishly annoying person.
- noun A reproach, gibe, or taunt.
- transitive verb To taunt, ridicule, or tease, especially for embarrassing mistakes or faults.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thin, weak place in a thread of wool, cotton, etc.
- To reproach; upbraid, especially with, past follies, errors, or offenses; annoy by reproaches; taunt.
- To charge or reproach with; upbraid on account of; bring forward as a taunt.
- Synonyms Chaff, Mock, etc. See
taunt . - noun A reproach; a taunt; an upbraiding or gibing reminder or insinuation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
reproach ,blame ; toridicule ortease . - verb transitive, computing To
ignore orkillfile (a user on abulletin board system ). - noun A
reproach ,gibe ortaunt . - noun A
foolish orannoying person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
- verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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The Tampa twit is a big fan since he is now the second stupidest troll at Think Progress, now that Big John has showed up.
Think Progress » Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand?
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Twitter has earned plenty of developer ire for its release of official products that will likely quash those offered by independent players in its historically vibrant developer community, and its policing of third-party applications that include the word "twit" or "tweet" has had plenty of opponents as well.
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That twit is such phony outrage and hypocrisy personified …
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January 3rd, 2010 11: 10 am ET so what this twit is saying is someone had to be killed before it is lile 9/11. how dare he make light of peoples lives. this should not be happening any time there is an attempt it should be considered like 9/11. the only difference is 9/11 did happen, and with the christmas attempt the citzens on the plane were the ones who stopped the attempt.
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This self aggrandizing twit is convinced that she's on the road to sainthood.
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I can't believe this twit is dectiating what the healthcare should and should not be.
Lieberman: I'll back health care bill without Medicare expansion
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Read's latest twit is that he is on Eurostar going where there is no Internet, so he won't be able to answer any questions.
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Most celebrity blogs only contain twit-level content anyways and seeing how popular some are (see: Kamiji Yusuke), I can see Japanese people checking their keitai for the latest updates on their favorite celebs.
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So, this little twit is making a value judgment about two performers based on hearing only one song that one of them performed?
Adam Lambert Responds To Clay Aiken Controversy — “He Can Ride My Coattails”
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A quitter, lier, cheater, hater, bigot, uneducated ... ... ... twit is what these people think is their future?
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