twitting — Synonyms and related words: banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, grinning, hazing, hissing, hooting, jeering, jesting, joking, jollying, joshing, kidding, leering,… … Moby Thesaurus
twitting — twɪt v. tease, taunt n. instance of teasing or taunting, gibe; place of weakness in a thread of yarn; stupid person, silly person, fool (Colloquial) … English contemporary dictionary
twitting — present part of twit … Useful english dictionary
Twit — Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Twitted — Twit Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twit — I. noun Date: 1528 1. an act of twitting ; taunt 2. a silly annoying person ; fool II. transitive verb (twitted; twitting) Etymology: Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old Engli … New Collegiate Dictionary
twit — twit1 /twit/, v., twitted, twitting, n. v.t. 1. to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at. 2. to reproach or upbraid. n. 3. an act of twitting. 4. a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe. [1520 30; aph. var. of… … Universalium
ridicule — vb Ridicule, deride, mock, taunt, twit, rally are comparable when they mean to make a person or thing the object of laughter. Ridicule implies deliberate and often malicious belittling of the person or thing ridiculed {the old State religion… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
twit — I. /twɪt / (say twit) verb (t) (twitted, twitting) 1. to taunt, gibe at, or banter by references to anything embarrassing. 2. to reproach or upbraid. –noun 3. the act of twitting. 4. a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe. {aphetic variant of obsolete… …
twit — twit1 [twit] vt. twitted, twitting [aphetic < ME atwiten, to twit < OE ætwitan < æt, at + witan, to accuse, akin to witan, to know: see WISE1] to reproach, tease, taunt, etc., esp. by reminding of a fault or mistake n. 1. the act of… … English World dictionary
