Dictionary

tweeter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtwiːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtwitɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From to tweet + -er.

Meanings

1. An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.
2. One who or that which makes a tweeting noise.
   • The little tweeter birds that had kept her company this morning were now absent, leaving nothing but the whisper of the trees as a light breeze gently wandered by. 2017, Melody Styles, Heart of the Messenger (part 1)
3. (qualifier:social media) One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter.
   • The latest addition to these daily outpourings are suggested tweets to circulate. Fortunately I am not a tweeter, so I swiftly delete all these unread. 2013 October 31, Rowena Mason, quoting David Steel, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
4. (broadly, qualifier:social media) A poster on a microblogging social networking service.

Forms

Relateds

woofer · squawker · subwoofer · midrange

Synonyms

tweep · twitterer

Translations (25)

pt tuiteira (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · fr twitto (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · ar مُغَرِّد (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · ka ტვიტერელი (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · fr haut-parleur d’aigus (An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound) · mk твитерџија (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · es tuitero (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · fr twitteuse (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · de Twitterin (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · gl tuiteira (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · uk твітеря́нка (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · fr twitteur (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · uk твітеря́нин (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · ka მტვიტავი (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · de Twitterer (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · fi twiittaaja (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · pl twitterianin (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · mk твитерџика (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · pl twitterianka (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · fi diskanttikaiutin (An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound) · pt tuiteiro (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · mk високотонец (An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound) · ja ツイッタラー (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · es tuitera (One who posts tweets on Twitter) · gl tuiteiro (One who posts tweets on Twitter)