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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twit \Twit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Twitting.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[imac]tan to reproach,
   blame; aet at + w[imac]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
   observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
   meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
   OHG. firw[imac]zan, Goth. fraweitan to avenge, L. videre to
   see. See Vision, Wit.]
   To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
   defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
   upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
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         This these scoffers twitted the Christians with.
                                                  --Tillotson.
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         Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them
         for what is amiss.                       --L'Estrange.
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Thesaurus Results for Twitting:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, grinning, hazing, hissing, hooting, jeering, jesting, joking, jollying, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ribbing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing
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