twitters

Sparrows make these

Twitters is the third-person singular of twitter, meaning to make light, rapid chirping sounds like a small bird: A sparrow twitters outside the window.

Extended to people, it describes nervous, high-pitched chatter or giggling: She twitters on about nothing.

The noun twitters names a state of nervous excitement: He was all in a twitter before the interview.

birdsong

songbirds

Perching birds with musical calls

singing · birdsong · canaries · robins · trills · cheeps · avian · perching · nesting · fledglings

trembling

quiver

Trembling or arrow case

vibrate · quaver · palpitate · shaky · wobble · fluctuate · ripple · flicker · waver · pulse

socialmedia

hashtags

Metadata labels for posts

mentions · trending · handle · viral · feed · threads · posts · notifications · engagement · influencers

nervousness

jitters

Nervous agitation

unease · tension · fidgeting · agitation · restlessness · edginess · nervousness · fluttering · aflutter · disquiet

Categories
Opposites
sound quality/intensity

twittersroars

Loud, deep cries

bellows · booms · thunders · sings · rumbles

vocalization completeness

twitterssings

Produces musical tones vocally

warbles · trills · serenades · melodies · arias

EMOTIONAL STATE (of nervous twittering)

twitterscalms

Reduces agitation

composes · steadies · relaxes · settles · stills

Phrases
Family

twitter, twittering, twittered, twitterer, twitterings, twitterers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G