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Definitions for Twitting

[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] (tr) to tease, taunt, or reproach, often in jest
[6] US and Canadian informal a nervous or excitable state
[7] rare a reproach; taunt
[8] informal , mainly British a foolish or stupid person; idiot

Words related to Twitting

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

Words nearby Twitting

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

Origin of Twitting

11520–30; aphetic variant of obsolete atwite, Middle English atwiten, Old English ætwītan to taunt, equivalent to æt- at1 + wītan to blame

Word origin for Twitting

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

Synonyms for Twitting

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