Twitter

• (noun, verb): twitter

From twitter (“to utter a succession of chirps”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪ.təɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Twitter

2. (trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.

   Synonyms: bird app, birdsite

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 July 2023:

     There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

Twitter (plural Twitters)

1. (Internet, informal) A user account on Twitter.

   I've lost the password to my Twitter.

   I deleted Twitter last night. I just can't keep up anymore.

2. (Internet, informal) A feed on Twitter.
3. (Internet, informal, usually in compounds) A community on Twitter.

   Synonym: -twt (suffix)

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 10 July 2023:

     There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)

1. (ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.

   Synonym: tweet

   • 2009 February 23, MSNBC, “Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties”, in Access Hollywood‎^[3], retrieved 2 March 2009:

     Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties

   • 2009 March 2, Justin Rebello, “Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney"”, in Wisconsin Law Journal‎^[4], retrieved 2 March 2009:

     Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney

Borrowed from English Twitter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtvɪtər/, [ˈtʋɪtɐ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Twitter n (proper noun, strong, genitive Twitter)

1. (Internet, trademark) Twitter

• twittern

• Tweet

• “Twitter” in Duden online

Unadapted borrowing from English Twitter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwi.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -itɛr
• Syllabification: Twi‧tter

Twitter m inan

1. (Internet, trademark) Twitter

• “Twitter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Borrowed from English Twitter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪtər/

Twitter m

1. (Internet, trademark) Twitter

   Synonym: Trydar