tweeter

plural tweeters · alternative Tweeter

1. businessAn electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.
2. One who or that which makes a tweeting noise.

   The little tweeter birds that had kept her company this morning were now absent, leaving nothing but the whisper of the trees as a light breeze gently wandered by.

   2017, Melody Styles, Heart of the Messenger (part 1)

3. social mediaOne who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter.

   The latest addition to these daily outpourings are suggested tweets to circulate. Fortunately I am not a tweeter, so I swiftly delete all these unread.

   2013 October 31, Rowena Mason, quoting David Steel, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: twitterer, tweep

4. broadlysocial mediaA poster on a microblogging social networking service.

plural Tweeters

1. Alternative letter-case form of tweeter (“Twitter user”).

   Jim Irsay, Indy’s top Tweeter

   2011 January 7, Michael Marot, “Jim Irsay, Indy’s top Tweeter”, in Daily Reporter, page 11

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   Government attempts to hunt down the bloggers and Tweeters were hampered when international supporters changed their Twitter settings to say they were all in Tehran, making it almost impossible for Iranian officials to sort through the traffic.

   2010 January 13, Peter Goodspeed, “Chinese site defaced, prompting retaliation; Iranian hackers strike China”, in National Post, volume 12, number 64, page A15

   For the topic of Haiti … singer Adam Lambert was the most influential Tweeter.

   2011 January 8, Alok Choudhary, quotee, “NU expert says stars light up Twitterverse”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 8, page 3

   [André Richard] Baldini and his 12-person styling crew have been giving clients shorter looks since late winter, when supermodel Karlie Kloss inspired a slew of Tweeters, Instagrammers and Pinteresters to try a nape-of-the-neck shag featuring a bit of bang.

   2013 June 5, Elizabeth Wellington, “Mirror, Mirror: Short do is cool — and ever so stylish”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 184th year, number 5, pages C1–C2

   Biegel was so concerned about the military response that he launched something of a charm offensive by reaching out to skeptical military bloggers and Tweeters who judged the promos as troubling, which he says he understands since it stitches together the wackiest elements of the series.

   2014 January 10, Sarah Rodman, “Winnings hearts and minds: ‘Enlisted’ producers go to great lengths to ensure that members of the military are on board with new show”, in The Boston Globe, volume 285, number 10, page G 21

   As much as Facebookers, Instagrammers, and Tweeters like to post photos and notes on social media sites from faraway, exotic lands, she [Abbie Thompson Harris] said to resist the urge.

   2016 January 17, Mary Ann Anderson, “Women Traveling Alone Need to Take Extra Precautions”, in Valley News, volume 64, number 223, page F6