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Definitions for Twit

[1] to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at.
[2] to reproach or upbraid.
[3] an act of twitting.
[4] a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe.
[5] a weak or thin place in yarn caused by uneven spinning.
[6] an insignificant, silly, or bothersome person: Pay no attention to that obnoxious little twit!
[7] a confused, excited state: to be in a twit about company coming.
[8] (tr) to tease, taunt, or reproach, often in jest
[9] US and Canadian informal a nervous or excitable state
[10] rare a reproach; taunt
[11] informal , mainly British a foolish or stupid person; idiot

Words related to Twit

rag, laugh, deride, jest, takeoff, rally, jolly, rib, caricature, jape, josh, quiz, lampoon, haze, travesty, pan, scorn, humiliate, pooh-pooh, banter

Words nearby Twit

twisted hairs, twisted stomach worm, twister, twisting, twisty, twit, twitch, twitch grass, twitcher, twitching trail, twitchy

Origin of Twit

4probably shortened from twitter

Word origin for Twit

C19: from twit 1 (originally in the sense: a person given to twitting)

Synonyms for Twit

banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, pooh-pooh, quiz, rag, rally, rib, ride, roast, satirize, scoff, scorn, scout, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, unmask, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, poke fun at, pull one's leg, put down, rail at, raz, run down, send up, show up