tweet

1 of 2

noun

ˈtwēt 

1

: a chirping note

2

: a post made on the Twitter online message service

tweet

2 of 2

verb

tweeted; tweeting; tweets

transitive + intransitive

1

: to make a chirping sound

Later I'll want to hear the high frequencies again, the birds tweeting in the morning and the raindrops on the roof.

—Dee Snider

2

: to make a posting on the Twitter online message service : to post a tweet (see tweet entry 1 sense 2)

Madison's job was to verify information being sent in and then relay that to legal observers, street medics, and other organizers who could in turn tweet the information to the masses in the streets.

—Matthew Power

You can tweet as much as you want or lurk without comment, though consistent tweeting and audience engagement are key to attracting and keeping followers.

—Charlotte Abbott

Synonyms

Verb

• cheep
• chirp
• chirrup
• chitter
• jargon
• peep
• pip
• pipe
• twitter

Examples of tweet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The response was nothing short of widespread salivation, with one tweet of the video racking up more than 87 million views as of publication. —Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024

As Strategic Vision president Alexander Edwards notes, this was around the time Musk came under serious fire for a variety of comments made on X, including promoting an anti-Semitic tweet and lashing out at companies that pulled ads from the social media site. —Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun

imitative

First Known Use

Noun

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing tweet

• tweet storm

Kids Definition

tweet

1 of 2 noun

ˈtwēt

1

: a chirping sound

2

: a post made on the Twitter online message service

tweet

2 of 2 verb

1

: chirp

2

: to post a message to the Twitter online message service