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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone who is regarded as contemptible;
[syn: twerp, twirp, twit]

2. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing;
[syn: twit, taunt, taunting]


VERB (1)

1. harass with persistent criticism or carping;
- Example: "The children teased the new teacher"
- Example: "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"
- Example: "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
[syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Twit \Twit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Twitting.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[imac]tan to reproach,
   blame; aet at + w[imac]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
   observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
   meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
   OHG. firw[imac]zan, Goth. fraweitan to avenge, L. videre to
   see. See Vision, Wit.]
   To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
   defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
   upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
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         This these scoffers twitted the Christians with.
                                                  --Tillotson.
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         Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them
         for what is amiss.                       --L'Estrange.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

twit
    n 1: someone who is regarded as contemptible [syn: twerp,
         twirp, twit]
    2: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn:
       twit, taunt, taunting]
    v 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" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
         tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
         ride]