Twit"ter (?), n. [From Twit.]
One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
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Twit"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twittered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Twittering.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf. G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzirn, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra, Dan. quiddre. Cf. Titter.]
1.
To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.
The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
Gray.
2.
To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
J. Fletcher.
3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.]
To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
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Twit"ter, v. t.
To utter with a twitter.
Cowper.
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Twit"ter, n.
1.
The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
2.
A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.
Hudibras.
3.
A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
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