Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tweety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: tweety
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by tweets (in various senses).

Example Sentences

"If, though, he's curious about the voice of a particular instrument — “What made that high tweety sound?” — a knowledgeable parent can provide answers."
"Witness Calvin Harris, who got himself into a right old tweety huff over a record review the other day, accusing the unnamed writer of giving other musicians - "rich people's kids" - good reviews "because mummy fucked the journo in the 80s"; but only giving Calvin's album two stars because the journo skipped through the tracks on his lunchbreak."

Etymology

From tweet + -y.

Inflected Forms

tweetier (comparative) tweetiest (superlative)

Rhymes With

treaty graffiti sweetie tahiti meaty titi peaty rete ziti entreaty wheaty sleety

Questions

What does tweety mean?: Characterised by tweets (in various senses).
Where does tweety come from?: From tweet + -y.

How to pronounce tweety

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