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twitterer

twitterer

8.2
A small bird that makes short high musical sounds
  • noun
  • /ˈtwɪtərər/
translation icon : pajarillo
  • The cheerful twitterer sang merrily in the trees as the sun rose.

Examples

  • As we walked through the park, we heard the delightful sounds of a twitterer nearby.

  • In the quiet morning, the twitterer provided a beautiful melody that filled the air.

  • As Robert talked, Margo turned into a new kind of bird, a twitterer, flying around the prow of Robert's narration.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

tweeter
vstwitterer
3.0

A small bird that makes short, high sounds

makes repeated short high-pitched calls rather than single quick notes
songster
vstwitterer
6.7

A bird that makes clear, pleasant sounds

makes short high-pitched calls that are not necessarily melodic

How Vocal

warbler
8 5.2
songbird
  • Specialized
17 2.3
twitterer
8.2
chirper
4.5
peeper
  • US
2 8.8

Surface Forms

twitterer singular
twitterers plural

Morphology

twitterer = twitter (transparent) = twitter + er

Standard agent-noun formation from the verb 'twitter' (one who twitters = a bird making short high-pitched sounds).

Etymology

Twitterer comes from twitter, a sound word that copies little bird calls like 'cheep' or 'tweet', so a twitterer is a bird that makes short, high-pitched notes.