Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to twitter
Participle: twittered
Gerund: twittering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | twitter |
| you | twitter |
| he;she;it | twitters |
| we | twitter |
| you | twitter |
| they | twitter |
Perfect
| I | have twittered |
| you | have twittered |
| he;she;it | has twittered |
| we | have twittered |
| you | have twittered |
| they | have twittered |
Past
| I | twittered |
| you | twittered |
| he;she;it | twittered |
| we | twittered |
| you | twittered |
| they | twittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had twittered |
| you | had twittered |
| he;she;it | had twittered |
| we | had twittered |
| you | had twittered |
| they | had twittered |
Future
| I | will twitter |
| you | will twitter |
| he;she;it | will twitter |
| we | will twitter |
| you | will twitter |
| they | will twitter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have twittered |
| you | will have twittered |
| he;she;it | will have twittered |
| we | will have twittered |
| you | will have twittered |
| they | will have twittered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | twitter |
| you | twitter |
| he;she;it | twitter |
| we | twitter |
| you | twitter |
| they | twitter |
Perfect
| I | have twittered |
| you | have twittered |
| he;she;it | have twittered |
| we | have twittered |
| you | have twittered |
| they | have twittered |
Imperfect
| I | twittered |
| you | twittered |
| he;she;it | twittered |
| we | twittered |
| you | twittered |
| they | twittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had twittered |
| you | had twittered |
| he;she;it | had twittered |
| we | had twittered |
| you | had twittered |
| they | had twittered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would twitter |
| you | would twitter |
| he;she;it | would twitter |
| we | would twitter |
| you | would twitter |
| they | would twitter |
Perfect
| I | would have twittered |
| you | would have twittered |
| he;she;it | would have twittered |
| we | would have twittered |
| you | would have twittered |
| they | would have twittered |
Imperative
| you | twitter |
| we | Let's twitter |
| you | twitter |
Verbs conjugated like 'twitter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'twitter'
titter,
Twitter,
witter,
bitter,
chitter,
clitter,
flitter,
fritter,
glitter,
jitter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*twitwizōną', Low Saxon 'twitteren', German, old spelling '
zwitzern', Dutch '
kwetteren', Danish '
kvidre', Swedish '
kvittra', Swedish '
tittra'.
Verbs referencing "twitter"
Norwegian
kvitre, Luxembourgish
zwitscheren.
Sample Sentences
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The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, [1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:]
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The swallows, which had been tempted here in great numbers on account of the quantity of insects to be found in proximity to the wood, and had established themselves in the barn and under the eaves, were gambolling, circling, and twittering fearlessly about in the sunshine. [1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 278:]
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Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, / When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too! [c. 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Loyal Subiect”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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I have repented of it many’s the good time and oft. And if he was so good to forgive me a word spoken in haste or so, it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me. He was a husband to me, he was; and if ever I did make use of an ill word or so in a passion, I never called him rascal […] [1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:]
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In addition to listing specific earmarks he finds the most reprehensible, McCain said he has been twittering the “top ten” most egregious [2009 March 2, Michelle Levi, “McCain Criticizes Obama On The Senate Floor”, in CBS News, retrieved 02 Mar 2009:]