# tweet

/ˈtwit/ (US) · /twˈiːt/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/tweet
Updated: 2026-06-19

## Senses

### 1. bird sound

noun · CEFR B1

the short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

For teachers: the characteristic high-frequency vocalisation of a small bird.

- I woke up to the soft tweet of a bird outside my window.
- The silence of the forest was broken only by the occasional tweet of a hidden sparrow among the branches.

### 2. social media post

noun · CEFR A2

a short message or update posted on the social media platform Twitter (now called X).

For teachers: a short digital communication posted on the microblogging service Twitter; now often used generically for similar short-form social media updates.

- The president's latest tweet caused a lot of discussion online.
- The journalist's tweet went viral within minutes, garnering thousands of retweets and sparking a heated debate about public policy.

### 3. to make a bird sound

verb · CEFR B1

to make a short, high-pitched sound like a bird.

For teachers: to emit a short, high-pitched sound; typically used of birds or small mechanical whistles.

- The little birds were tweeting in the trees all morning.
- As the sun began to rise, dozens of birds started tweeting in a chaotic but pleasant dawn chorus.

## Examples

- 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.

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