1(of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds:sparrows twittered under the eaves (as noun twittering)the swallows were settling to roost with a good deal of twittering
talk in a light, high-pitched voice:old ladies in the congregation twittered
talk rapidly and at length in a trivial way:he twittered on about buying a new workshop [with direct speech]:‘What a great crowd’, Perry twittered
2make a posting on the social media website Twitter:many active bloggers are twittering more and more these days
noun
a series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds:his words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter
[mass noun] idle or ignorant talk:drawing-room twitter
Phrases
in (or of) a twitter
informal in a state of agitation or excitement:he was in a twitter and yelling for help
Derivatives
twitterer
noun
twittery
adjective
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): imitative
twitter in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of twitter in the US English dictionary
