twit

1. 1.

   harass with persistent criticism or carping

   “The children teased the new teacher”

   “Don't ride me so hard over my failure”

   “His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie”

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Other forms of twit

plural

twits·

past tense or participle

twitted

present participle

twitting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twit

What does twit mean?

twit means "someone who is regarded as contemptible". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twit?

twit has 1 syllable: twit.

What is another word for twit?

Close synonyms include twerp, twirp, taunt, taunting, tease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twit a common word?

twit is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.