TWEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tweet mean? 

• TWEET (noun)
  The noun TWEET has 1 sense:

1. a weak chirping sound as of a small bird

  Familiarity information: TWEET used as a noun is very rare.

• TWEET (verb)
  The verb TWEET has 2 senses:

1. make a weak, chirping sound

2. squeeze tightly between the fingers

  Familiarity information: TWEET used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWEET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A weak chirping sound as of a small bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("tweet" is a kind of...):

chirp (a sharp sound made by small birds or insects)

Derivation:

tweet (make a weak, chirping sound)

• TWEET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tweet    ... he / she / it tweets   
Past simple: tweeted   
Past participle: tweeted   
-ing form: tweeting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a weak, chirping sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

tweet; twirp

Context example:

the small bird was tweeting in the tree

Hypernyms (to "tweet" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

tweet (a weak chirping sound as of a small bird)

tweeter (a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Squeeze tightly between the fingers

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

nip; pinch; squeeze; tweet; twinge; twitch

Context example:

She squeezed the bottle

Hypernyms (to "tweet" is one way to...):

grip (hold fast or firmly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tweet"):

goose (pinch in the buttocks)

tweak (pinch or squeeze sharply)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something