atwitter

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/əˈtwɪtɚ/

adjective

Twittering.

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Meanings

adjectiveatwitter (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepostpositionalTwittering.
  2. not comparablepostpositionalNervously excited.

    I had lumbered into the kitchen, taste buds a-twitter with expectation, planning to make my “breakfast of champions” […].

    1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in [Boston] Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
excited

Origin

From a- + twitter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with atwitter

aglitter
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Cite this entry
APA

atwitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atwitter

MLA

“atwitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atwitter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atwitter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atwitter.

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