tweet

/ˈtwiːt/
nounverbinterjection

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

NWL Collins ENABLE Wordle answer list

Noun 3 meanings

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

  2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.

  3. An entry on any microblogging service.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.

  2. To post an entry to Twitter.

  3. To post an entry to any microblogging site.

Interjection 1 meaning

  1. used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

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

TWEET at a glance

TWEET has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + W 4 + E 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,367 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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  • SWEET8
  • TWEED9
  • TWEEN8
  • TWEEP10
  • TWEEL8
  • TWEER8

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