[twit] 
,verb, twit⋅ted, twit⋅ting, noun | 1. | to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at. |
| 2. | to reproach or upbraid. |
| 3. | an act of twitting. |
| 4. | a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe. |
| twit (twĭt) tr.v. twit·ted, twit·ting, twits To taunt, ridicule, or tease, especially for embarrassing mistakes or faults. See Synonyms at ridicule. n.
[Short for obsolete atwite, from Middle English atwiten, from Old English ætwītan : æt, at; see at1 + wītan, to reproach; see weid- in Indo-European roots.] twit'ter n. |