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tweep en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. A chirp or beep.
    • Many of the neighboring birds had already begun their preliminary chirps, sending out those quirky little twits and tweeps that announce their presence […] 2008, Eric W. Bragg, The Midnight Blade of Sonic Honey, Oyster Moon Press, →ISBN, page 106:
    • The readers are Star Trek cast members, and the sound is enhanced with authentic, Enterprise-sounding beeps and tweeps. 1995, John Wynne, The Listener's Guide to Audio Books: Reviews, Recommendations, and Listings for More Than 2,000 Titles, Fireside, →ISBN, page 321:

Forms

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tweeps Number=Plur lexicographic

tweep en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. To chirp or beep.
    • A bird tweeped and twittered on a thistle by the side of the trail. 1996, Lauraine Snelling, A New Day Rising, Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN:
    • No ubiquitous telephones, no fax machines or computers burping and tweeping and chirping their electronic chirps. 1999, Laura Kalpakian, Steps and Exes: A Novel of Family, Bard, →ISBN, page 103:

Forms

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tweeps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tweeped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tweeped Tense=Past lexicographic
tweeping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

tweep en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From TWEP, acronym of terminate with extreme prejudice, a US military intelligence and CIA euphemism for "kill, assassinate" that was first used in the 1960s.

Meanings

  1. (US, euphemistic) To kill; to assassinate.
    • Robert Maheu, tough, astute, dynamic, was the perfect professional to implement the CIA scheme to tweep Fidel Castro. 1997, William B. Breuer, Vendetta!: Fidel Castro and the Kennedy Brothers, John Wiley, →ISBN:

Forms

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tweeping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tweeps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tweeped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tweeped Tense=Past lexicographic

tweep en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of Twitter + peep (“person”).

Meanings

  1. (Internet, slang) A user of the Twitter microblogging service.
    • As astute tweeps will observe, I myself only follow one other person, the one thou callest "Justin Bieber"; […] 2011, David Javerbaum (writing as God), The Last Testament: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 305:
  2. (slang) A Twitter employee.
    • “I recognize this is a crazy moment where Tweeps are losing access and the layoff is in progress,” she wrote on Slack, adding a broken heart emoji and a link to a video conferencing room, according to messages viewed by The Times. 2022 November 4, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, quoting Esther Crawford, “Confusion and Frustration Reign as Elon Musk Cuts Half of Twitter’s Staff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023:

Forms

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tweeps Number=Plur lexicographic
tweeple Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

tweeter · twitterer