how to pronounce twit

/twɪt/

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twit is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of twit in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… place to make twit possible longer term …”

meanings of twit

noun:

A reproach, gibe or taunt.
A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely (see usage notes).
A foolish or annoying person.
A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person.

verb:

To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).

twit frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word twit occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics twit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that twit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;