to twitter
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈtwɪtər/
:
piar
- The birds twittered so much that it hurt your ears.
- Birds twittered
- twittered from the branch
All the dead have sunk down into the inner darkness under the Rhine, all witless, all twittering, gibbering, decaying boogeyman.
- All the dead have sunk down into the inner darkness under the Rhine, all witless, all twittering, gibbering, decaying boogeyman.
Examples
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Doves twittered among oak branches whose leaves were also coated white.
Fiction book (1996) -
Birds twittered in the trees.
Fiction book (1994) -
Birds twittered in the branches at window level.
Fiction book (1990) -
Swallows twittered and chased each other past their heads.
Fiction book (2002) -
On cue, the sparrow and her speckled brood twittered and clamored for Andrew's crumbs.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the morning, the robins twittered cheerfully from the branches of the old oak tree.
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A flock of canaries twittered happily in the sunlit garden.
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As we walked through the park, we could hear the sparrows twittering all around us.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make a short, high sound like a small bird, insect, or electronic device
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8.0
To make short high noises like a small bird's call
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1.5
To make a short high sound like a baby bird
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3.9
To make a short, high sound like a baby bird
To make repeated short, high sounds like small birds or insects
To make a short high sound like a bird or insect
Make a low, vibrating sound that repeats, like a bird or insect
To make a long high buzzing sound like a grasshopper or cicada
Compounds
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Etymology
Twitter is an old sound word that copies the quick noise birds make, related to the little sounds twit and tweet, like a small bird's 'chirp'. So to twitter (for a bird) is to make a series of short, high-pitched sounds.