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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chirp |
| Synonyms: | cheep, chitter, coo, peep, sing, tweet |
ər| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chirp |
| Synonyms: | chat, chatter, cheep, chirrup, chitter, flutter, giggle, peep, sing, sound, titter, tweet |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal sound of animal |
| Synonyms: | cheep, chirp, cry, note, peep, roar, shriek, song, tweet, twitter, warble |
Example Sentences
- Twitter is simply a platform, or framework, that allows communication to occur.
- Twitter is a social media service through which brief messages can be relayed to thousands at once.
- It's already been praised as a brilliant and insightful piece of medical journalism on blogs and twitter.
| Main Entry: | cheep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vocalize as a bird |
| Synonyms: | chip, chipper, chirp, chirrup, peep, tweedle, tweet, twitter |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Main Entry: | chirp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peep, cheep |
| Synonyms: | call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call out, yell |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, bleat, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, croak, crow, ejaculate, exclaim, gabble, growl, grunt, hail, hiss, holler, holler out, hoot, howl, low, meow, moo, nicker, pipe, quack, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, snarl, squawk, trill, tweet, twitter, vociferate, whinny, whistle, whoop, yawp, yelp |
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, banging, brouhaha, confusion, dither, fluster, flutter, fuss, lather, panic, pother, state*, stew, sweat*, tizzy, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, twitter* |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace, peacefulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | giggle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | snickering laugh |
| Synonyms: | cackle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw*, hee-haw, snicker, snigger, teehee, titter, twitter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, fuss |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bustle, clamor, confusion, dither, fever, flap, fluster, hassle, hoopla*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, state, stew, storm*, sweat*, tizzy, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, twitter* |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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