1845, imitative of the sound made by a small bird. As a verb by 1872. Related: Tweeted; tweeting. As the word for what one does on the Twitter microblogging service, by 2007.
the small bird was tweeting in the tree
twee
tweed
tweedledum
tweedy
tween
tweet
tweeter
tweeze
tweezers
twelfth
twelve
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