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Word entry · 5 letters

tweet

Best crossword clue

"Brief social post"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtwiːt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eettwStarts with TEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. squeeze tightly between the fingers

Word origin

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).

Used in a sentence

  • [Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.
  • Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.
  • For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Brief social post5 letters
02Short social post5 letters

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