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Verb
To make a short sharp sound like a small bird
“As the birds twitter in the winter air at dawn, a burly Iraqi grandmother in black makes bread in an open-air oven for an extended family of 20.”
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Talk rapidly and at length in a trivial way
“If she seeks to free women from domestic trivia, why twitter on about chintz?”
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To show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
“… has this grating habit of twittering helplessly whenever she's nervous.”
Verb
Giggle
Noun
A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds
“She wasn't a visitor to the forest, she was part of it - a small bit of herself in every shift of the wind, every leaf, every twitter of birdsong.”
Noun
Idle or ignorant talk
“Lizaveta is so victimized in her abused and tortured twitter that she can't gain our sympathy, especially when she acts like she doesn't understand she'd be better off without the crazy old coot.”
Noun
A state of nervous or irritated concern
“… our grandmother gets all in a twitter if she doesn't get her weekly phone call right on time.”
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An explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
“… the sort of lame double entendres that invariably provoke twitters among the immature.”
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