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Twitter vs Squeak - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between twitter and squeak

is that twitter is to utter a succession of chirps while squeak is to emit a short, high-pitched sound.

twitter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
    • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
  • Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
  • * 1986 , IEEE, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986 (page 145)
    • Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a succession of chirps.
  • * Gray
    • The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
  • (transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
  • *
    • it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me.
  • *
  • To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
  • To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  • (neologism, Internet) To use the microblogging service .
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    • Synonyms

    * (internet neologism) tweet

    Derived terms

    * atwitter

    squeak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.
  • (games) A card game similar to group solitaire.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
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  • (slang) To inform, to squeal.
  • * Dryden
    • If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks , I warrant him.
  • To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
  • (games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to themself in the card game of the same name.
  • (informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.
  • * 1999 , Surfer (volume 40, issues 7-12)
    • allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.}}

    Derived terms

    * squeaky * squeak by

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