tweet
n. countablen. a short message or post shared on the social media platform X, which used to be called Twitter. It can also mean the short, high sound a bird makes.
n. a short social media post, originally limited to 140 and later 280 characters, published on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Also refers to the characteristic high-pitched chirping sound of a small bird.
He posted a funny tweet about his cat this morning.
The politician's controversial tweet was deleted within minutes, but not before thousands of users had already shared it.
Digital archivists now face the monumental task of preserving millions of tweets that document real-time public reactions to major historical events of the early twenty-first century.
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
Commonly used with the verb 'to post' or 'to send'.