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Noun: twit  twit
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who is regarded as contemptible
    - twerp [informal], twirp [informal], gink [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Aggravation by deriding, mocking or criticizing
    - taunt, taunting
Verb: twit (twitted,twitting)  twit
Usage: informal
  1. Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun, often in an aggressive manner
    - tease, razz [N. Amer, informal], rag, cod [Brit, informal], bait, taunt, rally, ride [N. Amer, informal], wind up [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: twits, twitting, twitted

Type of: aggravation, bemock, irritation, mock, provocation, simple [archaic], simpleton

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