"twit-twat" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Possibly a clipping of twittle-twattle, influenced by twit (“(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) to be indiscreet, to gossip”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|twittle-twattle|nocap=1}} clipping of twittle-twattle, {{m|en|twit|t=(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) to be indiscreet, to gossip}} twit (“(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) to be indiscreet, to gossip”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} twit-twat (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete, also attributive) Synonym of twittle-twattle (“frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle”) Tags: also, attributive, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: twittle-twattle [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-twit-twat-en-noun-oTiOk76h
  2. (countable) The house sparrow. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-twit-twat-en-noun-o6K-B-vN Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 93

Inflected forms

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