Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈtwɪtə/]
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Senses
1. twitter (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
Example: I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
2. twitter (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
Example: Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
3. twitter (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A tremulous broken sound.
4. twitter (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To utter a succession of chirps.
Example: The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,
5. twitter (verb) — sense 5
Definition: (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
6. twitter (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
Example: Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, / When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too!
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