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retweeting

retweeting is the present participle and gerund of retweet.

Meaning of retweet

Verb

retweet (third-person singular simple present retweets, present participle retweeting, simple past and past participle retweeted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, Twitter) To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.
    • Because your messages will be relevant to them, they are much more likely to retweet your messages and recommend that other people follow you on Twitter.2009, Geert Conard, Friends with Benefits, Networking in a New Economy
    Synonyms:
    RT, rtwt

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Noun

retweeting (plural retweetings)

  1. A second or subsequent tweet

Forms of retweeting

pluralretweetings

Phrases with retweeting

Questions about retweeting

What does retweeting mean?
Retweeting means a second or subsequent tweet.
What is retweeting the present participle and gerund of?
Retweeting is the present participle and gerund of retweet.
What part of speech is retweeting?
Retweeting is a noun.
What is the plural of retweeting?
The plural of retweeting is retweetings.

Words near retweeting in the dictionary

  1. retweetability
  2. retweetable
  3. retweeted
  4. retweeter
  5. retweeters
  6. retweeting
  7. retweetings
  8. retweets
  9. retwine
  10. retwined
  11. retwines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retweeting (page history and authors); retweet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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