1 the act of talking quickly and nervously, saying things of very little importance or interest, or something that is said in this way: --
2 the activity of publishing something on the social media service Twitter, or something that is published: --
3 of a bird or a musical instrument, making a series of short, high sounds: --
4 talking quickly and nervously, saying things of very little importance or interest: --
The twittering in the title refers to the open-beaked birds, while the machine is illustrated by the crank.
Noted for their songs in flight, swallows ("tsubame") mid-spring, twittering ("saezuri"): all spring.
The twittering song may be uttered from a perch or in flight.
The call is a fine "ti-ti-ti", and the song is similar to the dunnock's pleasant twittering.
The contact call is "pin", the alarm is "chi-chi-chi", and the song is a soft twittering.
The song is a silvery twittering similar to the songs of the serin and citril finch.
The most common sounds made by four-toed hedgehogs are snorts, hisses, and a quiet twittering sound.
I think that all our speeches to-night are something like the twittering of sparrows in the face of certain fundamental facts from which we cannot get away.
