twittering

Light nervous chattering

Twittering is the light, rapid chirping of small birds—a continuous stream of high-pitched sounds: The twittering of sparrows filled the garden.

Extended to people, it describes nervous, excited, or trivial chatter: twittering about celebrity gossip.

Someone all a-twitter is in a state of excited agitation.

birdsong

chirping

High repeated animal calls

songbird · sparrow · finch · canary · chickadee · lark · thrush · nightingale · oriole · robin

chatter

gossip

Informal talk spreading rumors

  • rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
  • whisperSpeech without full voice
  • tattleReveal another's wrongdoing

buzz · hearsay · tittle-tattle · natter · prattle · babble · jabber · giggling · excitement · nervous

socialmedia

hashtags

Metadata labels for posts

viral · timeline · mentions · thread · notification · feed · handle · microblogging · platform · posting

nervous

flutter

Rapid light movement

anticipation · restless · fidgety · anxious · giddy · breathless · fluttering · jittery · aflutter · quivering

Categories
Opposites
sound volume and intensity

twitteringroaring

Making prolonged loud noise

thundering · booming · bellowing · roar · blaring

sound quality and character

twitteringdroning

Sustained monotonous sound

growling · bass · monotone · humming · moaning

communication style (for human speech)

twitteringpronouncing

Uttering with voice

declaiming · orating · eloquent speech · taciturn · silent

Family

twitterings

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G