1 [V] when birds twitter, they make a series of short high sounds:
starlings twittering in the trees
2 [V, Vspeech] ~ (on) (about sth) (especially BrE) to talk quickly in a high excited voice, especially about sth that is not very important
noun [sing.]
1 (also twittering) a series of short high sounds that birds make:
the twitter of starlings
2 (informal) a state of nervous excitement:
She had been all of a twitter since she heard the good news that morning.
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