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Twit

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noun. A foolishly annoying person.

noun. A reproach, gibe, or taunt.

transitive verb. To taunt, ridicule, or tease, especially for embarrassing mistakes or faults.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A thin, weak place in a thread of wool, cotton, etc.

noun. A reproach; a taunt; an upbraiding or gibing reminder or insinuation.

To reproach; upbraid, especially with, past follies, errors, or offenses; annoy by reproaches; taunt.

To charge or reproach with; upbraid on account of; bring forward as a taunt.

Synonyms Chaff, Mock, etc. See taunt.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.

verb. To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).

noun. A reproach, gibe or taunt.

noun. A foolish or annoying person.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

noun. someone who is regarded as contemptible

verb. harass with persistent criticism or carping

Word Usage

"The Tampa twit is a big fan since he is now the second stupidest troll at Think Progress, now that Big John has showed up."

cross-reference

to twit in the teeth

Form

twitted twitting

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

aggravation irritation provocation simple simpleton

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

a** asshole automata bobblehead brat

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Parthian shot accuse allege anthem arraign

variant

twitted twitting

verb-form

twits twitted twitting