twitting

verb

Definition of twittingnext
present participle of twit
as in teasing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitting
  1. teasing
  2. disparaging
  3. harassing
  4. belittling
  5. riding
  6. tweaking
  7. rallying
Verb
  • Seinfeld was clearly teasing, but sure enough, several headlines reported it as gospel with perhaps a mention three paragraphs in that it was intended to be humorous.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • From teasing his retirement to becoming a minister and everything in between, here’s a look at the Hollywood star’s year of surprises.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of teasing
Verb
  • The script swiftly navigates what could be sensitive waters, finding good-natured humor in the inflection points of Jewish and gentile relations without ever being disparaging.
    Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Deputies said the victim was struck with a belt more than 50 times and was choked and called several disparaging names and other obscenities.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of disparaging
Verb
  • Sources have told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ activists at the event were harassing the protesters on the other side, and even disrupted a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Two months earlier, Hawkins had been charged with harassing a woman and throwing bleach on her, but had been released without bail, the New York Daily News reports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of harassing
Verb
  • But these are two of the nation’s leading newspapers trying to curry favor with someone who spent his first term discounting, belittling and attacking media and, as his quote Thursday shows, plans to do so again if journalists cross him.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • To those belittling the Orlando soccer team’s championship, the NWSL is the premier women’s soccer league in the nation and their win is certainly deserving of praise.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of belittling
Verb
  • Mikey Madison, riding high on acclaim for her buzz-worthy role in Anora, and Jessica Gunning, who took home a Golden Globe for her powerful performance in Baby Reindeer, were spotted chatting at the bar.
    Vogue, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The actual state of the team’s play is just riding shotgun in the conversation.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of riding
Verb
  • This allows for a large degree of flexibility to do things in software, whether that's changing the handling, tweaking the UI, or boosting power output.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
  • As reported, the German e-commerce giant aims to seize 15 percent of Europe’s 450 billion euro fashion market by tweaking its B2B and B2C strategies.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of tweaking
Verb
  • The Wild snapped a four-game losing streak, scored more than two goals in a game and at least lowered the rising temperature heading into the NHL’s holiday hiatus by rallying for a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Wild snapped a four-game losing streak, scored more than two goals in a game and at least lowered the rising temperature heading into the NHL’s holiday hiatus by rallying for a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of rallying
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