tweet

Definition

The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "[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."