tweet
See also: Tweet
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Twitter post): Tweet
EtymologyEdit
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tweet (plural tweets)
- The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
- (Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. [from 2007]
- 2007, April 22, “Jason Pontin”, in Twitter takes instant messaging to an extreme[2]:
- Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.
- 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications
- For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
- 2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks:
- A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone […]
TranslationsEdit
sound
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internet: entry
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VerbEdit
tweet (third-person singular simple present tweets, present participle tweeting, simple past tweeted or (internet, very rare) twote, past participle tweeted or (internet, very rare) twoten)
- (intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
- (transitive, intransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter. [from 2007]
- 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian[3]:
- In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.
- 2017 January 25, “Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'”, in BBC World Service[4], retrieved 2017-01-25:
- Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of tweet
| infinitive | (to) tweet | ||
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| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | tweet | tweeted | |
| 2nd-person singular | tweet, tweetest* | tweeted, tweetedst* | |
| 3rd-person singular | tweets, tweeteth* | tweeted | |
| plural | tweet | ||
| subjunctive | tweet | ||
| imperative | tweet | — | |
| participles | tweeting | tweeted | |
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to make a short high-pitched sound
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internet: to post an update to Twitter
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InterjectionEdit
tweet
- An onomatopoeic of bird singing.
- 1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Love → Building On Fire”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads:
- I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds
TranslationsEdit
Translations
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
tweet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “'Tweet' 2009 Word of the Year, 'Google' Word of the Decade, as voted by American Dialect Society”, in (please provide the title of the work)[5], American Dialect Society, 2010-01-08
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Craig Hockenberry (June 28th, 2013), “The Origin of Tweet”, in furbo.org[1], archived from the original on 2013-07-02
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
tweet m (plural tweets)
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
tweet
- tweet (Twitter)
- 2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
- ... og at du lyver i dine tweets / ... / jeg skriver et tweet med våde fingre / ... / og der er 7 personer der citerer tweeten ...
- 2015, Anna Erelle, Forklædt som jihad-brud, Art People →ISBN
- David Thomsons kontakter synes, hans historie er for tyk, og han har trukket tweetet tilbage.
- 2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tweet
VerbEdit
tweet
- imperative of tweete
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
tweet m (plural tweets)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tweet m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tweet
Derived termsEdit
verb
Related termsEdit
noun
Further readingEdit
- tweet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tweet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
tweet m (plural tweets)
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
tweet m (plural tweets)