retweet
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3.4
- noun
- /ˌriːˈtwiːt/
- Texting
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retuit
- It got a ton of retweets, so you guys went crazy for it.
- likes and retweets
- retweets and favorites
- thousand retweets
First, thank you for the retweet and for the repeat view.
- First, thank you for the retweet and for the repeat view.
- Well, I started to get likes and I started to get a retweet or like a response.
- It's a very misleading retweet by Tim Poole.
- It's just not going to get the likes, the retweets, the engagement.
- What's the prize that you get for being the person that gets retweets on Twitter?
- And that tweet actually got more retweets and likes than his tweet saying his fight got cancelled.
- Now Trump says he agrees wholeheartedly, but everyone knows that retweets by definition are half hearted at best.
- However, it's frustrating a little bit that I find often times that the smarter stuff tends to get the fewest retweets and the fewest favorites.
Examples
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And that tweet actually got more retweets and likes than his tweet saying his fight got cancelled.
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We are all guilty on bad days, one retweet at a time.
Blog text (19) -
Well, I started to get likes and I started to get a retweet or like a response.
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My, my retweet to like, ratio is done by half.
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First, thank you for the retweet and for the repeat view.
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The most retweets, likes and shares of all time.
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Yep, and now I just wait for the retweets to start pouring in.
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My Twitter followers are very generous with their retweets and helped spread the word of the magazine.
Blog text (4) -
Some of the most interesting tweets are retweets, and they help me find interesting folks to follow.
Blog text (19) -
The thread has since gone viral, racking up more than 5,000 retweets and 20,000 likes at the time of writing.
Synonyms
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2.9
A message or image shared again on social media
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4.4
A post that shares someone else's content on a blog or social site
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6.8
A pin from someone else that you add to your board on Pinterest
An act of posting something again so more people see it
How Many
- Texting
108
3.7
- Texting
13
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retweet is made of re- ('again') and tweet ('short message' or a bird's 'call'), so imagine repeating a bird's song to other people. That's why a retweet is a repost of someone else's tweet, or the number of times a tweet has been reposted.