Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/September 13

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Word of the day
for September 13
twit v
  1. (transitive)
    1. To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
    2. (archaic) To criticize or disapprove of (something), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
    3. (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
    4. (obsolete) Followed by it: to speak or write (something) in a taunting or teasing manner.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
    2. (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.

twit n

  1. A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
  2. (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
  3. (British, dialectal, archaic) A person who chatters or gossips inanely; a chatterer, a gossip or gossiper; also, a person who divulges private information about others or is indiscreet; a tattletale. [...]

The British author Roald Dahl, who wrote the children’s novel The Twits (1980), was born on this day in 1916.

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