Twit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To taunt, ridicule, or tease, especially for embarrassing mistakes or faults. See Synonyms at ridicule.
  • n. The act or an instance of twitting.
  • n. A reproach, gibe, or taunt.
  • n. Slang A foolishly annoying person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
  • v. To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
  • n. A reproach, gibe or taunt.
  • n. A foolish or annoying person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A thin, weak place in a thread of wool, cotton, etc.
  • To reproach; upbraid, especially with, past follies, errors, or offenses; annoy by reproaches; taunt.
  • To charge or reproach with; upbraid on account of; bring forward as a taunt.
  • Synonyms Chaff, Mock, etc. See taunt.
  • n. A reproach; a taunt; an upbraiding or gibing reminder or insinuation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
  • n. someone who is regarded as contemptible
  • v. harass with persistent criticism or carping
  • Verb Form
    twits    twitted    twitting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    twitting    twitted   
    Form
    twitted    twitting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    revile    reproach    upbraid    taunt    fool   
    Same Context
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