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twittersnounpl. of twitter a state of nervous or irritated concernour grandmother gets all in a twitter if she doesn't get her weekly phone call right on time dithers, flusters, frets, fusses, huffs, lathers, pothers, stews, sweats, swelters, swivets, tizzies bothers, dudgeons, piquesalarms(also alarums), hand-wringings, panicsados, agitations, deliriums, distractions, furors, hysterias, uproarsnervous breakdowns an explosive sound that is a sign of amusementthe sort of lame double entendres that invariably provoke twitters among the immature belly laughs, boffolas, boffs(or boffos), cachinnations, cackles, chortles, chuckles, giggles, guffaws, hee-haws, horselaughs, laughs, laughters, snickers, sniggers, titters crows, whoopsgrins, simpers, smiles, smirks cries, groans, moans, sobs, wailsfaces, frowns, grimaces, lowers(also lours), mouths, pouts, scowls twittersverbpresent tense third-person singular of twitterto engage in casual or rambling conversationa local diner where the town gossips like to twitter babbles, blabs, cackles, chaffers(British), chats, chatters, chins(slang), converses, gabbles, gabs, gases(or gasses), jabbers, jaws, kibitzes(also kibbitzes), natters, palavers, patters, prates, prattles, raps, rattles, runs on, schmoozes(or shmoozes), talks, visits gossips, tattlesdescants, discusses, expatiatesyaks(also yacks), yammers, yaps blows smoke, chews the fat(also chews the rag), shoots the breeze, talks a blue streak to make a short sharp sound like a small birdhis two-way radio twittered as he answered it cheeps, chirps, chirrups, chitters, jargons, peeps, pipes, pips, tweets cackles, chatters, jabberssings, trills, warbles to show mirth with an explosive vocal soundhas this grating habit of twittering helplessly whenever she's nervous breaks up, cackles, chortles, chuckles, cracks up, giggles, hee-haws, laughs, roars, screams, snickers, titters grins, smiles splits one's sides bawls, blubbers, cries, sobs, weepshowls, screams, squalls, wails, yowlsbleats, pules, whimpers, whinessniffles, snivelsgroans, moans, sighs |