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TWEET

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A weak chirping sound as of a small bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("tweet" is a kind of...):

chirp (a sharp sound made by small birds or insects)

Derivation:

tweet (make a weak, chirping sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squeeze tightly between the fingers

Example:

She squeezed the bottle

Synonyms:

nip; pinch; squeeze; tweet; twinge; twitch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tweet" is one way to...):

grip (hold fast or firmly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tweet"):

goose (pinch in the buttocks)

tweak (pinch or squeeze sharply)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a weak, chirping sound

Example:

the small bird was tweeting in the tree

Synonyms:

tweet; twirp

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "tweet" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

tweet (a weak chirping sound as of a small bird)

tweeter (a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds)

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