n. 啁啾, 唧唧喳喳声

vi. 啭, 啁啾, 颤抖

vt. 嘁嘁喳喳地讲, 抖动

Twitter \Twit"ter\, n. [From {Twit}.]
One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.


Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twittered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Twittering}.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf.
G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir?n, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra, Dan.
quiddre. Cf. {Titter}.]
1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted
noises.

The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
--Gray.

2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter;
to giggle. --J. Fletcher.

3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling
of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.


Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. t.
To utter with a twitter. --Cowper.


Twitter \Twit"ter\, n.
1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted
noise, as that made by a swallow.

2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially
restrained; a titter; a giggle. --Hudibras.

3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.