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},
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"etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).",
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"tags": [
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{
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{
"ref": "1934 April 7, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, page 104",
"text": "[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle."
],
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[
"sound",
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],
[
"bird",
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],
[
"whistle",
"whistle"
]
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{
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"lang": "French",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "chío"
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"sense": "sound",
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"roman": "žɣurṭuli",
"sense": "sound",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "sound",
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"masculine"
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{
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{
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"sense": "sound",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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{
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"neuter"
],
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"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvitring"
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kvitring"
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"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ćwierkanie"
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of a bird",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound",
"word": "pio"
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čiríkanʹje",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"_dis1": "65 35 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščebetánʹje",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
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"roman": "trelʹ",
"sense": "sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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"sense": "sound",
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"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sound",
"word": "siyap"
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sound",
"word": "cıvıldama"
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sound",
"word": "cıvıltı"
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{
"_dis1": "65 35 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sound",
"word": "tiếng hót"
}
]
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"Mass media",
"Computing",
"Networking",
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"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
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"World Wide Web",
"Internet",
"Mass media",
"Computing",
"Networking",
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"Society",
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{
"ref": "2007 April 22, Jason Pontin, “Twitter takes instant messaging to an extreme”, in International Herald-Tribune",
"text": "Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications",
"text": "For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks",
"text": "A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter."
],
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"links": [
[
"social media",
"social media"
],
[
"microblogging",
"microblogging"
],
[
"Twitter",
"Twitter"
]
],
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"(social media) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter."
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"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "twiet"
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"roman": "taḡrīda",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "تَغْرِيدَة"
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{
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"masculine"
],
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],
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "推文"
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"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "säuts"
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{
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"France",
"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"tags": [
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"word": "chío"
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{
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ṭviṭi",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ტვიტი"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "tsiyúts",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "צִיּוּץ"
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"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "internet: entry",
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "internet: entry",
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tvuít"
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuīto",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ツイート"
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsubuyaki",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "つぶやき"
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"word": "트윗"
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "1 60 39",
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{
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"code": "ms",
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{
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"word": "ciapan"
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{
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"word": "tīhau"
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{
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"code": "mr",
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"sense": "internet: entry",
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"word": "ट्वीट"
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{
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"roman": "ṭwíṭ",
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"word": "ټويټ"
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "توییت"
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{
"_dis1": "1 60 39",
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "payâm-e tuiteri",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"formal"
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"word": "پیام توییتری"
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{
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"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuíte"
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"ref": "1934 April 7, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, page 104",
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"code": "bg",
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"word": "писукам"
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"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "чуруликам"
},
{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piular"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "鳴叫"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngjiào",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "鸣叫"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "pepi"
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{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "säutsuma"
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{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "siutsuma"
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{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piipittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣iḳč̣iḳebs",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "ჭიკჭიკებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žɣurṭulebs",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "ჟღურტულებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "zwitschern"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kelaïdó",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "κελαηδώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tziyyétz",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "צִיֵּץ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csiripel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csipog"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csivitel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csicsereg"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "bheith ag gíoglach"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "bheith ag giolcaireacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "gíog"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saezuru",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "さえずる"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "chuchulear"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "tīhau"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "pekī"
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{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"tags": [
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"word": "tuiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "kvitre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "kvitre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "kvitra"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "ćwierkać"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščebetátʹ",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "щебета́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čiríkatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "чири́кать"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "sumiyap"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "hót"
}
]
},
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"name": "Social media",
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"Internet",
"Mass media",
"Computing",
"Networking",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Technology",
"Society",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
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"Vocalizations",
"Sound",
"Communication",
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"World Wide Web",
"Internet",
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"Technology",
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"ref": "2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian",
"text": "In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 January 25, “Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'”, in BBC World Service, retrieved 2017-01-25",
"text": "Mr Trump tweeted: \"Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 44",
"text": "First, an apology. Tweet in haste and repent at leisure. When I first heard about the idea, before I had properly examined it, I actually tweeted that this was [a] welcome 'innovation' from a state-controlled train operator.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"sense": "Twitter post",
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"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡarrada",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "غَرَّدَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tuitiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "txiokatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "piular"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fātuī",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "发推"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweete"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweeten"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "pepi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "säutsuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tviitima"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweetima"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twiitata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tviitata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitter"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitterer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweeter"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "gazouiller"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭviṭavs",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ტვიტავს"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṭviṭavs",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "დატვიტავს"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittern"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "tweeten"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"humorous"
],
"word": "zwitschern"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tziyyétz",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "צִיֵּץ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweetel"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittel"
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{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tísta"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvuíteáil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "bheith ag giolcaireacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
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"word": "giolc"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "cinguettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuīto-suru",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "ツイートする"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsubuyaku",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "つぶやく"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tvita",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "твита"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tīhau"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ṭvīṭ karṇe",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "ट्वीट करणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "tuiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvitre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvitre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 81 17",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvitra"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "pepo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "säuts"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tviit"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "twiitti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tviitti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "twiittaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"Belgium",
"France",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gazouillis"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chío"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭviṭi",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ტვიტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tweet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Twitterbeitrag"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Twittereintrag"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsiyúts",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צִיּוּץ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭvīṭ",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ट्वीट"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "Twitter-bejegyzés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tweetbejegyzés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tíst"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tvuít"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuīto",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ツイート"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsubuyaki",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "つぶやき"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "teuwit",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "트윗"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "teuwiteu",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "트위트"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tvit",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "твит"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "kicau"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ciap"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "twit"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ciapan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tīhau"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ṭvīṭ",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ट्वीट"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ṭwíṭ",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "ټويټ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tuit",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "توییت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "payâm-e tuiteri",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "پیام توییتری"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuíte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvit",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "твит"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuit"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuiteo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tweet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "tvit"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: entry",
"word": "twit"
}
],
"word": "tweet"
}
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"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English onomatopoeias",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
"Rhymes:English/iːt",
"Rhymes:English/iːt/1 syllable",
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"en:Twitter"
],
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{
"word": "quote tweet"
},
{
"word": "live-tweet"
},
{
"word": "retweet"
},
{
"word": "subtweet"
},
{
"word": "tweetup"
},
{
"word": "tweeter"
}
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{
"args": {
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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},
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "tweeting",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "tweeted",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "twote",
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"Internet",
"humorous",
"past",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "tweeted",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "twoten",
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"Internet",
"humorous",
"participle",
"past",
"rare"
]
}
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},
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}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1934 April 7, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, page 104",
"text": "[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds."
],
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"(intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Social media"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian",
"text": "In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 January 25, “Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'”, in BBC World Service, retrieved 2017-01-25",
"text": "Mr Trump tweeted: \"Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 44",
"text": "First, an apology. Tweet in haste and repent at leisure. When I first heard about the idea, before I had properly examined it, I actually tweeted that this was [a] welcome 'innovation' from a state-controlled train operator.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To post an update to Twitter."
],
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[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"social media",
"social media"
],
[
"Twitter",
"Twitter"
]
],
"qualifier": "social media",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, social media) To post an update to Twitter."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2023 September 17, Lou Kettering, “Federal prosecutors in DC 2020 election interference case request order to prohibit Trump making ‘inflammatory’ and ‘misleading’ statements”, in Jurist",
"text": "In response to the motion, Trump tweeted on Truth Social",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 April 17, Doktor Zoom, “New York Times Joins Chris Rufo In Mean Girls Finger-Snapping At NPR CEO”, in Wonkette",
"text": "As Georgetown public policy prof Dan Moynihan tweeted on Bluesky yesterday, the editors of the Times “are not falling for [Rufo’s] game, they are co-producing it.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To post an update to any microblogging site."
],
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[
"transitive",
"transitive"
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[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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[
"social media",
"social media"
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],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, social media, by extension) To post an update to any microblogging site."
],
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"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/twiːt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tweet.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-tweet.ogg/En-us-tweet.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-tweet.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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{
"sense": "Twitter post",
"word": "Tweet"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pisukam",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "писукам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čurulikam",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "чуруликам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piular"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "鳴叫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngjiào",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "鸣叫"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "pepi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "säutsuma"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "siutsuma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piipittää"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣iḳč̣iḳebs",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "ჭიკჭიკებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žɣurṭulebs",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "ჟღურტულებს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "zwitschern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kelaïdó",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "κελαηδώ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tziyyétz",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "צִיֵּץ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csiripel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csipog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csivitel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "csicsereg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "bheith ag gíoglach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "bheith ag giolcaireacht"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "gíog"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saezuru",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "さえずる"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "chuchulear"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "tīhau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "pekī"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "tuiter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "kvitre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "kvitre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "kvitra"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "ćwierkać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščebetátʹ",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "щебета́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čiríkatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "чири́кать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "piar"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "sumiyap"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make a short high-pitched sound",
"word": "hót"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡarrada",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "غَرَّدَ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tuitiar"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "txiokatu"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "piular"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fātuī",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "发推"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweete"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitteren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweeten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "pepi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "säutsuma"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tviitima"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweetima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twiitata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tviitata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitterer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweeter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "gazouiller"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭviṭavs",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ტვიტავს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṭviṭavs",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "დატვიტავს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "tweeten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"humorous"
],
"word": "zwitschern"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tziyyétz",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "צִיֵּץ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweetel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittel"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tísta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitar"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twitterar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvuíteáil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "bheith ag giolcaireacht"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "giolc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "cinguettare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuīto-suru",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "ツイートする"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsubuyaku",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "つぶやく"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tvita",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "твита"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tīhau"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ṭvīṭ karṇe",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "ट्वीट करणे"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "tuiter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvitre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvitre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvitra"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "tweetować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tuitar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvítitʹ",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тви́тить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvítatʹ",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тви́тать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvítnutʹ",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"tags": [
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "тви́тнуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tuitear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tvittra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "twittra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweet atmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tweetlemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tivit atmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "internet: to post an update to Twitter",
"word": "tivitlemek"
}
],
"word": "tweet"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Love → Building On Fire”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads",
"text": "I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds",
"type": "quotation"
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"ipa": "/twiːt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tweet.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-tweet.ogg/En-us-tweet.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-tweet.ogg",
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"sense": "Twitter post",
"word": "Tweet"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "piip"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "csip"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "csirip"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "csip-csip"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "csip-csirip"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "ćwir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "piu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čik-čirik",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "чик-чирик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čirik-čirik",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"tags": [
"common"
],
"word": "чирик-чирик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čiv-čiv",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "чив-чив"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "líu lo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "líu la líu lo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "used to represent the sound of a bird twittering",
"word": "líu lô"
}
],
"word": "tweet"
}
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