twit

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noun

ˈtwit How to pronounce twit (audio)
Synonyms of twitnext
1
: a silly annoying person : fool
2
: an act of twitting : taunt

twit

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verb

twitted; twitting

transitive verb

1
: to subject to light ridicule or reproach : rally
2
: to make fun of as a fault

Examples of twit in a Sentence

Noun Only a complete twit would insult his hosts.
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Noun
Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts. — Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old English ætwītan, from æt at + wītan to reproach; akin to Old High German wīzan to punish, Old English witan to know

First Known Use

Noun

1528, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of twit was in 1528

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