- in a twit
- in a twitupset; frantic. •
She's all in a twit because she lost her keys.
•Pete was in a twit and was quite rude to us.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
in a twit
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twit — twit·ten; twit·ter·a·tion; twit·ter·er; twit·tery; twit; twit·ter; twit·ty; … English syllables
twit — twit1 [twit] vt. twitted, twitting [aphetic < ME atwiten, to twit < OE ætwitan < æt, at + witan, to accuse, akin to witan, to know: see WISE1] to reproach, tease, taunt, etc., esp. by reminding of a fault or mistake n. 1. the act of… … English World dictionary
twit´ter|er — twit|ter1 «TWIHT uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a succession of light sounds made by birds. 2. a brief or muffled giggle; titter. 3. Figurative. an excited condition; flutter: »My nerves are in a twitter when I have to sing in public. In a twitter of… … Useful english dictionary
twit|ter — twit|ter1 «TWIHT uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a succession of light sounds made by birds. 2. a brief or muffled giggle; titter. 3. Figurative. an excited condition; flutter: »My nerves are in a twitter when I have to sing in public. In a twitter of… … Useful english dictionary
Twit — can mean: *A British slang word for an insignificant, foolish or annoying person. *The weekly podcast This WEEK in TECH. *The TWiT podcast network TWiT.tv *The Roald Dahl children s book called The Twits *A user of Twitter … Wikipedia
twit — was originally, and still is, a verb, meaning ‘taunt’ [16]. It is a shortened version of the now defunct atwite. This went back to Old English ætwītan, a compound verb formed from the prefix æt , denoting ‘opposition’, and wītan ‘reproach’. It is … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
twit — was originally, and still is, a verb, meaning ‘taunt’ [16]. It is a shortened version of the now defunct atwite. This went back to Old English ætwītan, a compound verb formed from the prefix æt , denoting ‘opposition’, and wītan ‘reproach’. It is … Word origins
Twit — Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twit — [twıt] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from twat] informal a person who you think is stupid or silly … Dictionary of contemporary English
twit — [ twıt ] noun count INFORMAL a stupid or silly person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
twit — Ⅰ. twit [1] ► NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ a silly or foolish person. DERIVATIVES twittish adjective. ORIGIN originally dialect in the sense «tale bearer». Ⅱ. twit [2] … English terms dictionary
