noun
Meaning 1
A chirp or beep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tweep
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iːp
noun
Meaning 2
A user of the Twitter microblogging service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, slang
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Synonyms: tweeter, twitterer
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noun
Meaning 3
A Twitter employee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 4
To chirp or beep.
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verb
Meaning 5
To kill; to assassinate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, euphemistic
Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
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History
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Blend of Twitter + peep (“person”).
From TWEP, acronym of terminate with extreme prejudice, a US military intelligence and CIA euphemism for "kill, assassinate" that was first used in the 1960s.