twit

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Recent Examples of twit Nosy birds twit and tweet from their leafy vantage points. Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
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Verb
  • Advertisement The two men, ragged and sleepless, belongings jammed into two battered pick-ups, were regrouping Wednesday morning in La Cañada Flintridge, a few miles northwest of Altadena.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But throwing a few too many alcoholic drinks into the mix can leave you feeling ragged and regretful the next day.
    Rosanna Sutherby, PharmD, Verywell Health, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • All kidding aside, the Wild have surpassed the expectations of many, including The Athletic staff.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Justin Sherman: The TikTok Discourse Is Nonsense Anyone who perceives that the Chinese government can't pick a tech company in its borders and coerce it to support state efforts is kidding themselves.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • Activision teases five new multiplayer maps being added to Black Ops 6 in the upcoming season, with two of them coming a few weeks after the update.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Though Evans comforted Bunny in person, Hot Ones made sure to tease him a little bit in post-production.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • She was quizzed on the name of Ireland’s president, answering correctly, and had her photo and fingerprints taken.
    OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Other Democrats pointed out that his management experience pales in comparison to even mid-level civilian managers in private sector companies, let alone the head of one of the world’s largest institutions. Duckworth, an Iraq War combat veteran, then quizzed Hegseth on military issues.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • And LaMelo surely will rib Lonzo about getting past Lonzo for a key drive to the bucket in the final minutes, drawing a foul on big brother, and also playing solid defense on Lonzo during a potential game-tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Many folks ribbed the hard partying PGA great about his unhealthy lifestyle and eating habits.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • And that doesn’t necessarily jive with the perception of the team, say, in the regular season.
    Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ready or not, the Dancing With the Stars competitors are jamming, jiving, and foxtrotting in full throttle.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Five young Spanish-speaking friends razz each other to jump in from the rocky ledge.
    Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The display ends and Prabowo strolls the ranks of recruits, asking their home province, their university major, and razzing a couple of the stoutest about their paunch.
    Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
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  • Trump hosted liberal Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau to discuss tariffs and has been taunting him since, suggesting Canada should be a U.S. state.
    Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Everett Collection Members of an impromptu dance mob taunt Laura Dern in Inland Empire (2006).
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Twit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twit. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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