retweet

RT, rtwt (abbreviations)

From re- +‎ tweet.

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retweet (third-person singular simple present retweets, present participle retweeting, simple past and past participle retweeted)

1. (Twitter) To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.
   • 2009, Geert Conard, Friends with Benefits, Networking in a New Economy:

     Because your messages will be relevant to them, they are much more likely to retweet your messages and recommend that other people follow you on Twitter.

• quote retweet

retweet (plural retweets)

1. (Twitter) A message reposted or forwarded in this way.
   • 2011, Dave Wooldridge, Michael Schneider, The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development, page 339:

     You know it's an iPhone or iPad app, but those new to you, who came via a retweet or Twitter search, may not know which platform your app supports.

   • 2013, Daxton Stewart, Social Media and the Law, page 42:

     According to Stewart's analysis, current case law makes it unlikely a retweeter would be held liable for a defamatory retweet […]

   • 2018, Ling Ma, chapter 2, in Severance, →ISBN:

     The sheer density of information and misinformation at the End, encapsulated in news articles and message-board theories and clickbait traps that had propagated hysterically through retweets and shares, had effectively rendered us more ignorant, more helpless, more innocent in our stupidity.

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Borrowed from English retweet

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• Hyphenation: re‧tweet

retweet m (plural retweets, diminutive retweetje n)

1. retweet

retweet m (plural retweets)

1. (Internet) retweet