retweet

verb

re·​tweet (ˌ)rē-ˈtwēt 

retweeted; retweeting; retweets

transitive + intransitive

: to repost (something, such as a message) to the X (formerly Twitter) online message service

Garcia snapped a pic that was retweeted more than a thousand times.

—Lee Jenkins

… people who use Twitter … are rewarded with social validation when their tweets are retweeted …

—The Economist

retweet

ˈrē-ˌtwēt 

noun

plural retweets

The instant feedback—replies or retweets, the Twitter equivalent of applause—is intoxicating, like a pleasure-center reward for a lab rat pulling a lever.

—James Poniewozik

Examples of retweet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some accounts merely retweet local news stories, or right-wing influencers like Lara Loomer and Jack Posobiec, rather than sharing their own personal experiences. —Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024

Send out a tweet describing your lead magnet, and ask people to retweet to receive it. —Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

What Andreessen chose to retweet spoke even more explicitly in this direction. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023

According to screenshots obtained by Media Matters, the option to like and retweet the posts from the pro-Nazi account were still available to users. —Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

2007, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

retweet

verb

re·​tweet (ˌ)rē-ˈtwēt 

: to post (something, as a message) again to the Twitter online message service

retweet

(ˌ)rē-ˈtwēt 

noun