Definition of Twittering

1. n. The act of one who, or that which, twitters.

Definition of Twittering

1. Verb. (present participle of twitter) ¹

2. Noun. The act of producing chirping sounds, or twitters. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twittering

1. twitter [v] - See also: twitter

Medical Definition of Twittering

1. 1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. "A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the job." (L'Estrange) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twittering

twitchings
twitcht
twitchy
twite
twites
twitlark
twits
twitted
twittens
twitter
twitterati
twittered
twitterer
twitterers
twittering
twitteringly
twitterings
twitterpated
twitters
twittery
twitting
twittingly
twittings
twixt
twixt-brain
twizzle
twizzled

Literary usage of Twittering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The passage in Jeremiah, compared with the twittering notes of the sus in Hezekiah's prayer, goes far to establish this translation. ..."

2. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"... And twittering of lizards, And the beating of drums, And the blaring of trumpets, And the great ocean, And white doves which drink at the rim of the ..."

3. Landscape in American Poetry by Lucy Larcom (1879)
"One travels as on a sunbeam, in his poetry, from the stormy Scandinavian ** Gossiping out of the banh Jlew myriad twittering swallows ; And on the boughs of ..."

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