[
UK
/twˈɪt/
]
VERB
-
harass with persistent criticism or carping
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
The children teased the new teacher
NOUN
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
How To Use twit In A Sentence
- But what of the emails, text messages and other private communications between government officials which aren't published online -- will Twitter and Facebook help "democratize" that information as well? Is Social Media Helping or Hurting California Politics?
- This is exactly the kind of nitwittery that mikey is addicted to. BuzzFlash.net: published
- Facebook, Twitter and texting are the easiest ways for you to plan your tailgate.
- Other cast members recalled the incident on Twitter. Times, Sunday Times
- McCoy had fully embraced the idea of belated fatherhood his declarations to the contrary notwithstanding. The Better Man
- He seemed nervous and twitchy as he came up close to Cleo, and rested a hand on the toe of her boot.
- Adopting, the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding, Schonfeld's modification of Airy's formulæ, he introduced into his equations a fifth unknown quantity expressive of a possible stellar drift in galactic longitude. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
- This fact confirms the connection which we find, notwithstanding the difference of fracture and of specific gravity between the saussurite and the siliceous basis of the porphyrschiefer, which is the phonolite Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
- But Mawuli glowers at Papa, apparently thinking about how to outwit Papa, not thinking about Mary Catherine. Amaryllis in Blueberry
- How does this twitchy recluse become the regal princess in Act III? Times, Sunday Times