twitter
[verb]
Synonyms: chirp, cheep, chip, chipper, chirm, chirrup, chitter, peep, tweedle, tweet, chat, babble, cackle, chatter, gab, gas, jaw, prattle, rattle, run on, shake, didder, dither, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Twitter trademark
a social networking service on the Internet which allows MINI-BLOGGING (=sending short text messages to other users)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. twit‧ter¹ /ˈtwɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: From the sound]

1. if a bird twitters, it makes a lot of short high sounds

2. to talk about unimportant and silly things, usually very quickly and nervously in a high voice

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. twitter² noun

1. [singular] the short high sounds that birds make

2. be all of a twitter (also be in a twitter) British English to be excited and nervous:
She’s been all of a twitter since her daughter’s engagement.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲