twit

twit englannista suomeksi

1. mäntti, ääliö, tollo, typerys

2. pilkka

3. pilkata

0. Verbi

1. kiusoitella

1. Substantiivi

2. ääliö, typerys

twit englanniksi

1. To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.

2. 1590, Shakespeare. ''History of Henry VI'', Part II, Act III, Scene I

"Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here

With ignominious words, though clerkly couch'd,

As if she had suborned some to swear

False allegations to o'erthrow his state? " -

3. 1836, (w), ''Romiero'', Act 3, p.55.

"Nay, do not twit me now with all the freaks,And levities, and gambols charged upon meBy every lean-faced dame that wears a hood."

4. 1955, Stout|Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses (book)|''Three Witnesses'', October 1994 Books|Bantam edition, (ISBN), page 106:

Mr. Cramer, a policeman, came this morning and twitted me for having let a murderer hoodwink me.

5. (quote-journal)

6. 2007, Bernard Porter, "Did He Puff his Crimes to Please a Bloodthirsty Readership?", review of ''Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer'' by Tim Jeal, ''London Review of Books'', 5 April, 29:7, p. 10

H. R. Fox Bourne, secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society – often twitted for being an ‘armchair critic’ – wrote in a review of one of Stanley's books (..)

7. (RQ:Tillotson Foll)

This (..)these scoffers twitted the Christian with.

8. (RQ:L'Estrange Fables of Aesop)

9. To ignore or killfile (a user on a board system).

10. 1995, "Michelle Jackson", ''Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts'' (on newsgroup ''rec.music.tori-amos'')

However, on the Internet BBS's such as Quartz (now dead), Prism, Monsoon, Sunset, ect(SI), someone pulling that kind of crap is likely to get flamed quite fast and twitted before he/she can breathe.

11. 2002, "Chris Hoppman", ''FidoNet Feed Needed'' (on newsgroup ''alt.bbs'')

And no, there is no "thought purification program" that can filter out some folks(SI) obscene ideas that can be expressed w/o written vulgarities. That has to be simply "dealt" with, either by ignoring or twitting the individual that offends habitually.

12. A reproach, gibe or taunt.

13. A foolish or annoying person.

14. 1988, (w), ''Just Say No''

What do you mean, since when did I become such a radical fairy? Since I started knowing twits like you, you twit!

15. A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely.

16. twit (gloss)

17. a tweet (gloss)

(syn)

18. Tweet, an entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.

19. tweet (message on Twitter)

20. (alternative form of)