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tweet

tweet

16 2.5
A short, high sound made by a small bird
  • noun
  • /twiːt/
translation icon : pío
  • Tweet tweet tweet tweet.
  • a little tweet
  • robin tweet
  • birdie tweet

Examples

  • Tweet, tweet, tweet.

  • After I listen to the damn birds, tweet tweet.

  • Like, right now you probably are like, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.

  • I like that you used clouds in the new design to accompany the bird: tweet tweet.

    Blog text (1)
  • Tweet tweet.

  • GREMLIN 1: Tweet, tweet.

  • And the birds are tweet tweeting, cheeping, chirping.

  • Tweet-tweet!

  • Pointing a thick, hair-knuckled finger at Victor Travesti, he said, "I want to sing like the boidies do, tweet tweet tweet."

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The little finches sang their melodious tweet as the sun rose.

Synonyms

cheep
vstweet
3 4.0

A short, weak, high sound made by a baby bird

is the same weak high sound but not only from very young birds
mewing
vstweet
1 1.0

A short high sound made by a cat or young bird

is specifically a bird's weak high chirp rather than an animal cry
birdcall
vstweet
1 3.9

The sound a bird makes to communicate with other birds

is one simple weak high sound rather than a broad communicative song
chirrup
vstweet
1 8.1

A short high, sharp sound made by small birds or insects

is a single brief weak chirp rather than repeated notes
wheep
vstweet
9.7

A short high whistling sound made by small birds

is a simple weak chirping sound rather than a whistling tone

How Loud

screech
39 2.9
trill
  • Specialized
1 7.4
chirp
18 1.6
tweet
16 2.5
peep
14 1.0

Surface Forms

tweet singular
tweets plural

Etymology

Tweet is a word people made to copy a small bird sound: the short, high chirp 'tweet', similar to the word chirp. So a tweet is that weak, high bird sound.