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adjective

as in unstrung

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twittered

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verb

past tense of twitter
1
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation a local diner where the town gossips like to twitter

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2
as in chirped
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird his two-way radio twittered as he answered it

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3
as in laughed
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound has this grating habit of twittering helplessly whenever she's nervous

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Recent Examples of twittered
Verb
Ma Binney inspected me as the widows twittered behind her. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twittered
  1. unstrung
  2. chatted
  3. chirped
  4. laughed
  5. flustered
  6. talked
  7. giggled
  8. unnerved
Adjective
  • Foster gives a taut performance despite the unstrung absurdities of the plot.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
  • When the Premier Lacrosse League’s Boston Cannons opened training camp back in May with unstrung lacrosse stick heads, players knew who to ask for an assist.
    — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of unstrung
Verb
  • And in 2023, Tierra Whack and Lil Yachty chatted about hip-hop in Brooklyn, before Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane kept the conversation going.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • As the science reporters chatted with Deisseroth over the phone and Zoom, an AP photographer and videographer raced to his home in Stanford.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Rutschman said some of his former Orioles teammates chirped at him throughout the game and gave him a hard time about getting around the ballpark as a visiting player.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Social media has chirped with photos and comments from birders, some of whom see this as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
    — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of chirped
Verb
  • The room laughed and had the sharpest strategy conversation of the year.
    — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this month, Texas quarterback Arch Manning laughed at an AI meme of ESPN reporter Holly Rowe getting slapped by Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of laughed
Adjective
  • Wickline came on as an increasingly flustered Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, who’s explaining why AI is dangerous without taking any responsibility for that.
    — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026
  • But Clemson reeled the Tar Heels back in, slowing down a rushing attack led by Benjamin Hall (130 rushing yards) and making quarterback Billy Edwards, by the end, look flustered and out of sorts.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of flustered
Verb
  • Talking past each other on voting The candidates mostly talked past each other to answer a question about confidence in elections.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The filmmaker talked to Puck‘s Matt Belloni in a wide-ranging discussion that was partially recorded for his The Town podcast.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • The two giggled momentarily before Quiñonez turned back and answered candidly.
    — Jake McCreven, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Brandy and Goldberg smiled and giggled throughout the entire show, full of joy as the models twirled and commanded the runway in pieces ranging from cocktail dresses to red carpet-worthy gowns.
    — Anika Reed, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of giggled
Adjective
  • Those loans are backed by private-credit firms’ own loans, a debt pile that has unnerved regulators.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Regardless of their opinion about Denmark, Greenlanders are becoming aware of, and are unnerved by, this semi-covert, sometimes glaringly obvious American pressure.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of unnerved

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“Twittered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twittered. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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