Tweet — Definition & Meaning

noun

A short, high-pitched chirp, such as one a small bird makes.

"A tweet came from the hedge just before the sparrow flew off."

A short post made on the social media platform Twitter (now X).

"Her tweet about the delayed flight went viral within hours."

"He deleted the tweet as soon as people started replying."

verb

To post a short message on Twitter/X.

"The airline tweeted an apology after the outage."

"She tweets about food almost every day."

How to Use Tweet

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA little chirping sound, or — much more commonly today — a short post on Twitter/X.

When to use it

The social-media sense is informal and now somewhat dated, since Twitter itself was rebranded X in 2023, but "tweet" is still widely understood.

Common pairings

post a tweet delete a tweet viral tweet

tweeted past tense, twote past tense, twoten past tense, tweets plural, Tweets plural, tweets singular

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A _____ came from the hedge just before the sparrow flew off.

Originally just the word for a bird's chirp; the social-media sense grew directly out of the name of the Twitter platform.

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