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Definitions

1. 1.To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. Gray.
2. 2.To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. J. Fletcher.
3. 3.Etym: [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
4. 4.To utter with a twitter. Cowper.
5. 5.The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
6. 6.A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. Hudibras.
7. 7.A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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