Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - twitter
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twitter
~1 v 1 if a bird twitters, it makes a lot of short high sounds (the twittering of larks overhead) 2 if a woman twitters, she talks very quickly and nervously in a high voice ~2 n 1 the short, high sounds that birds make 2 be all of a twitter also be in a twitter to be excited and nervous (She's been all of a twitter since her daughter's engagement.) - twittery adj
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(twitters, twittering, twittered) 1. When birds twitter, they make a lot of short high-pitched sounds. There were birds twittering in the eucalyptus trees. ...a tree filled with twittering birds. VERB: V, V-ing • Twitter is also a noun. Naomi would waken to the twitter of birds. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 2. If you say that someone is twittering about something, you mean that they are speaking about silly or unimportant things, usually rather fast or in a high-pitched voice. ...debutantes twittering excitedly about Christian Dior dresses... She laughs, blushes and twitters: ‘Oh, doesn’t Giles have just the most charming sense of humour?’ VERB: V about n, V with quote, also V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English twiteren; akin to Old High German zwizziron to ~ Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to utter successive chirping noises 2. a. to talk in a chattering fashion b. giggle, titter 3. to tremble with agitation ; flutter transitive verb 1. to utter in chirps or ~s the robin ~ed its morning song 2. to shake rapidly back and forth ; flutter II. noun Date: 1678 1. a trembling agitation ; quiver 2. a small tremulous intermittent sound (as of birds) 3. a. a light chattering b. a light silly laugh ; giggle • ~y adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of or like a bird) emit a succession of light tremulous sounds. 2 tr. utter or express in this way. --n. 1 the act or an instance of twittering. 2 colloq. a tremulously excited state. Derivatives twitterer n. twittery adj. Etymology: ME, imit.: cf. -ER(4) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. щебет, щебетание 2. болтовня 3. диал. возбуждение, волнение in a twitter —- дрожа, трепеща, в возбужденном состоянии in a twitter of indignation —- трясясь от негодования 4. щебетать, чирикать 5. болтать; напевать 6. прощебетать to twitter one's greeting —- прощебетать свое приветствие 7. хихикать 8. трясти (пальцами) 9. дрожать to twitter with cold —- дрожать от холода ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) щебет, щебетание 2) coll. возбуждение, волнение; in a twitter - дрожа, трепеща, в возбуждении 2. v. 1) щебетать, чирикать 2) болтать, хихикать ...Англо-русский словарь
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