Meaning of "twitter" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TWITTER

Of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TWITTER

ˈtwɪtə

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWITTER

Twitter is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb twitter in English.

WHAT DOES TWITTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read short 140-character text messages, called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City, Boston, Austin and Detroit. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass and by July 2006, the site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 500 million registered users in 2012, who posted 340 million tweets per day. The service also handled 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013 Twitter was one of the ten most-visited websites, and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet."...

Definition of twitter in the English dictionary

The first definition of twitter in the dictionary is to utter a succession of chirping sounds. Other definition of twitter is to talk or move rapidly and tremulously. Twitter is also to giggle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TWITTER

PRESENT

Present

I twitter

you twitter

he/she/it twitters

we twitter

you twitter

they twitter

Present continuous

I am twittering

you are twittering

he/she/it is twittering

we are twittering

you are twittering

they are twittering

Present perfect

I have twittered

you have twittered

he/she/it has twittered

we have twittered

you have twittered

they have twittered

Present perfect continuous

I have been twittering

you have been twittering

he/she/it has been twittering

we have been twittering

you have been twittering

they have been twittering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I twittered

you twittered

he/she/it twittered

we twittered

you twittered

they twittered

Past continuous

I was twittering

you were twittering

he/she/it was twittering

we were twittering

you were twittering

they were twittering

Past perfect

I had twittered

you had twittered

he/she/it had twittered

we had twittered

you had twittered

they had twittered

Past perfect continuous

I had been twittering

you had been twittering

he/she/it had been twittering

we had been twittering

you had been twittering

they had been twittering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will twitter

you will twitter

he/she/it will twitter

we will twitter

you will twitter

they will twitter

Future continuous

I will be twittering

you will be twittering

he/she/it will be twittering

we will be twittering

you will be twittering

they will be twittering

Future perfect

I will have twittered

you will have twittered

he/she/it will have twittered

we will have twittered

you will have twittered

they will have twittered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been twittering

you will have been twittering

he/she/it will have been twittering

we will have been twittering

you will have been twittering

they will have been twittering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would twitter

you would twitter

he/she/it would twitter

we would twitter

you would twitter

they would twitter

Conditional continuous

I would be twittering

you would be twittering

he/she/it would be twittering

we would be twittering

you would be twittering

they would be twittering

Conditional perfect

I would have twitter

you would have twitter

he/she/it would have twitter

we would have twitter

you would have twitter

they would have twitter

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been twittering

you would have been twittering

he/she/it would have been twittering

we would have been twittering

you would have been twittering

they would have been twittering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you twitter
we let´s twitter
you twitter

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to twitter

Past participle

twittered

Present Participle

twittering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TWITTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «twitter» and belong to the same grammatical category.

agitation · anxiety · babble · blather · bustle · call · chat · chatter · cheep · chirp · chirrup · cry · dither · excitement · flurry · fluster · flutter · gab · giggle · gossip · jabber · natter · nervousness · prate · prattle · simper · snigger · song · titter · tizzy · trill · tweet · warble · whirl · whistle

TRANSLATION OF TWITTER

Find out the translation of twitter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of twitter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «twitter» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 微博
• Translator English - Spanish: Twitter
• English: twitter
• Translator English - Hindi: ट्विटर
• Translator English - Arabic: تويتر
• Translator English - Russian: Twitter
• Translator English - Portuguese: Twitter
• Translator English - Bengali: টুইটার
• Translator English - French: gazouillement
• Translator English - Malay: Twitter
• Translator English - German: zwitschern
• Translator English - Japanese: さえずり
• Translator English - Korean: 트위터
• Translator English - Javanese: Twitter
• Translator English - Vietnamese: twitter
• Translator English - Tamil: ட்விட்டர்
• Translator English - Marathi: किलबिलाट
• Translator English - Turkish: heyecan
• Translator English - Italian: cinguettio
• Translator English - Polish: Twitter
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Twitter
• Translator English - Romanian: Twitter
• Translator English - Greek: twitter
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Twitter
• Translator English - Swedish: twitter
• Translator English - Norwegian: twitter

10 QUOTES WITH «TWITTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word twitter.

1

Nate Berkus

Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the entire page to say something about who you are. Designer or not, if the urge strikes you, go for it. Put up that watercolor you've never shown anyone. Take a photo of that hat you just knitted... whatever it is, share it.

2

Lauren Beukes

Twitter is amazing. I advertised for the position of research assistant on twitter, and both of my researchers came from there.

3

Albert Brooks

Twitter is the Devil's playground.

4

Frances Bean Cobain

Twitter should ban my mother.

5

Chris Cornell

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

6

Dick Costolo

Twitter brings you closer. I mean, we see this over and over again from our users. It brings them closer to the action. It brings them closer to their heroes.

7

Dick Costolo

Twitter is the perfect complement to television. TV has always been social. You talk to the person you're sitting next to on the couch. You talk to the people you're - you know, at work with the next day around the proverbial water cooler.

8

Dick Costolo

Twitter needs to continue being a good listener and recognize that the service has been redefined by lots of people, tweet by tweet, but also come up with its own priorities.

9

Mos Def

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.

10

Jack Dorsey

Twitter was around communication and visualizing what was happening in the world in real-time. Square was allowing everyone to accept the form of payment people have in their pocket today, which is a credit card.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWITTER»

Discover the use of twitter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to twitter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, ...

But out of Odeo’s ashes, the remaining employees worked on a little side venture . . . that by 2013 had become an $11.5 billion business. That much is widely known. But the full story of Twitter’s hatching has never been told before.

Nick Bilton, 2013

The Twitter Book

Want to learn how to use Twitter like a pro? Get the book that readers and critics alike rave about.

Tim O'Reilly, Sarah Milstein, 2011

The World According to Twitter

The World According to Twitter is truly a grand social networking experiment, in which thousands of voices have come together to produce a unique and wonderful record of shared human experience.

David Pogue, 2013

Politics and the Twitter Revolution: How Tweets Influence ...

Politics and the Twitter Revolution: How Tweets Influence the Relationship between Political Leaders and the Public, by John H. Parmelee and Shannon L. Bichard, is the first comprehensive examination of political Twitter use.

John H. Parmelee, Shannon L. Bichard, 2012

Twitter Wit

This collection includes hundreds of the most memorable and hilarious tweets to date, demonstrating that inside every moment is a joke waiting to be written.

Nick Douglas, 2009

The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel

Both a surprisingly literary romp as well as an inside peek into an historic mayoral race, The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel is a bold and exciting foray into a new form of participatory, real-time storytelling.

Dan Sinker, 2011

Twitter API: Up and Running: Learn How to Build Applications ...

With this book, you will: Explore every component of a Twitter application and learn how the API responds Get the PHP and MySQL code necessary to build your own applications, with explanations of how these ingredients work Learn from real ...

Kevin Makice, 2009

Social Networking: MySpace, Facebook, & Twitter

Examines the social networking companies of MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter and the people who created the organizations.

Marcia Amidon Lusted, 2011

Twitter Application Development For Dummies

With this book, author Dusty Reagan uses one of his unpublished Twitter app ideas and takes you through the API, idea creation, development, and monetization of the app.

Dusty Reagan, 2010

Twitter Bootstrap Web Development How-To

This guide is for new, novice, and intermediate developers alike. Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is required although this book will help beginners find their feet with both more easily.

David Cochran, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWITTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term twitter is used in the context of the following news items.

Twitter Revenue Up 61%, but User Growth Lags

SAN FRANCISCO — If you're like most people, you don't see the point of Twitter — and that's a big problem for the company. Twitter's top executives ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Twitter defends Nicki Minaj after Taylor Swift feud

Like on Tuesday, when singer Taylor Swift took a Twitter dig at hip-hop queen Nicki Minaj and the Internet erupted into a sprawling conversation about race and ... «CNN, Jul 15»

Dick Costolo is leaving Twitter, to be replaced by Jack Dorsey as …

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is out at Twitter, a source at the company tells The Verge. Costolo told the staff today he would be stepping down in the next few weeks ... «The Verge, Jun 15»

President Obama gets his own Twitter account

"The @POTUS Twitter account will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from ... «BBC News, May 15»

Twitter Shares Tumble After Nasdaq Leaks Results Early

Twitter formally issued its release about a half-hour before the exchange's 4 p.m. ... Twitter's revenue, which grew 74% from a year earlier to $435.9 million, fell ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»

Turkey Twitter block lifted after image removed

The blocks on Facebook and Twitter were later lifted after they both complied. Talks with YouTube are continuing. Two gunmen, reportedly from a far-left group, ... «BBC News, Apr 15»

Trevor Noah faces big Twitter backlash

In the space of about 24 hours, Trevor Noah went from idolized to scrutinized and criticized. That's our Twitter. The South African comedian who will take over ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»

Twitter Launches Livestreaming App Periscope — Its Own Version …

Twitter is officially pulling back the curtain on Periscope, a livestreaming video app that's been in beta since the company acquired it back in January, reportedly ... «Re/code, Mar 15»

Terry Pratchett on Twitter: 'The End'

(CNN) "Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel -- merely terribly, terribly good at his job," wrote Terry Pratchett in "Sourcery," his fifth "Discworld" novel, a comic fantasy ... «CNN, Mar 15»

See How William Shatner Held a Twitter Funeral for Leonard Nimoy

William Shatner was unable to attend the Sunday funeral of his Star Trek castmate Leonard Nimoy, who died last week, so he paid tribute to his longtime friend ... «TIME, Mar 15»