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tweet

[tweet] ,
–noun
1. a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make such a sound.

Origin:
1835–45; imit.
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tweet   (twēt)   
n.  A weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
intr.v.   tweet·ed, tweet·ing, tweets
To utter a weak chirping sound.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

tweet 
1845, imitative of the sound made by a small bird. Tweeter "loudspeaker for higher tones" first recorded 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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