tweeter

noun — 4 senses

tweeter

noun

US /ˈtwitɚ/ · UK /ˈtwiːtə/

Etymology From to tweet + -er.

1

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.

2

One who or that which makes a tweeting noise.

  • The little tweeter birds that had kept her company this morning were now absent, leaving nothing but the whisper of the trees as a light breeze gently wandered by.2017, Melody Styles, Heart of the Messenger (part 1)
3

One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter.

  • The latest addition to these daily outpourings are suggested tweets to circulate. Fortunately I am not a tweeter, so I swiftly delete all these unread.2013 October 31, Rowena Mason, quoting David Steel, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
4

Broadly A poster on a microblogging social networking service.

Related terms
midrange, squawker, subwoofer, woofer

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