Twit (Verb)
Meaning
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She loved to twit her friends about their crazy hairstyles from the 80s.
- His colleagues twit him mercilessly about his outdated fashion sense.
- Critics will twit her about her last film's poor reception for years to come.
- Her siblings never stopped twitting her about her disastrous cooking experiments.
- Opponents twitted him about his gaffes during last night's presidential debate.