twitting

Verb

twit (third-person singular simple present twits, present participle twitting, simple past and past participle twitted)

1. (transitive) To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
   • No man for deſpite, / By worde or by write / His felowe to twite, […]c. 1552 (date written), Nicholas Udall, [Ralph Roister Doister], [London]: [s.n.], published 1566?; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Roister Doister. […] (English Reprints), London: Muir &...

   Synonyms:

   censure, upbraid, accuse, atwite, blame, bumble, challenge, cop out, decry, defame

2. (archaic, transitive) To criticize or disapprove of (something), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
   • But in the Lovver Houſe ſome there vvere vvhich handled theſe things more tumultuouſly, namely, Bell and Monſon, great Lavvyers, Dutton, Paul VVentvvorth, and others, vvhich tvvitted the Authority of the Queen's Majeſty too much, […]1675, William Camden, “The Ninth Year of Her Reign. Ann. Domini 1566.”, in R[obert] N[orton], transl., The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England; […]...

   Synonyms:

   censure, ridicule

3. (transitive) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
   • However, on the Internet BBS's such as Quartz (now dead), Prism, Monsoon, Sunset, ect,^([sic – meaning etc]) someone pulling that kind of crap is likely to get flamed quite fast and twitted before he/she can breathe.1995 December 5, Michelle Jackson, “Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts”, in rec.music.tori-amos (Usenet)
4. (obsolete, transitive) Followed by it: to speak or write (something) in a taunting or teasing manner.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
   • Secrecy about B.R. plans for reorganisation and closure of lines and notably some failures to consult with staff representatives concerned with redundancy, are defects with which the railway unions have twitted Dr. Beeching.1962 August, “Talking of Trains: Under Their Hats”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 80
6. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete except UK) To be indiscreet; to gossip.

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