atwitter

a·twit·ter

in a state of nervous excitement

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"atwitter." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 August 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/atwitter>.

APA Style

atwitter. (n.d.). Retrieved August 19th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/atwitter

atwitter

adjective

Being in a state of nervous excitement; twittering: a crowd atwitter with expectation.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"atwitter." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 August 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/atwitter>.

APA Style

atwitter. (n.d.). Retrieved August 19th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/atwitter

Adjective

(not comparable)

(postpositive) twittering
(postpositive) nervously excited

Usage notes

Very often prefixed by all, as in, "He was all atwitter".

Anagrams

twattier

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"atwitter." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 August 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/atwitter>.

APA Style

atwitter. (n.d.). Retrieved August 19th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/atwitter

Words near atwitter in the dictionary

atwitter
atwix
atwixt
atwo