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# tweet

«tweet» in Mova's school dictionary: **The short, high sound a small bird makes; (verb) to make…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tweet, tweets); verb (tweet, tweets, tweeted, tweeting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) The short, high sound a small bird makes; (verb) to make this sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#m1)

2) (noun) A short message posted on the social media site Twitter (now called X); (verb) to post such a message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#m2)

3) To squeak or cry out in a small, high voice, like a mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons and stories: birds tweet in the morning. In media and online-safety lessons: tweets can be seen by many people and are hard to delete; think before you post. Many social media sites require users to be at least thirteen. Phrases: «tweet about», «send a tweet», «a viral tweet».

### examples

- The little birds tweeted in the tree outside my window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x1)
- «Tweet, tweet!» sang the robin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x2)
- The footballer tweeted a photo of the trophy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x3)
- His tweet went viral and thousands of people saw it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x4)
- Think before you tweet, because others can share it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x5)
- The news was announced in a tweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x6)
- The baby chicks tweeted for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x7)
- "Tweet," he cried; "you trod very hard upon me, madam." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: tweeted. The site was renamed X, but many people still say «tweet» and «Twitter». Onomatopoeia: «tweet» copies the sound of a bird. Similar bird sounds: chirp, cheep, twitter.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tweet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.