retweet

verb

1. (intransitive, transitive)To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.

   “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.”

   “And the web—particularly social media—provides countless opportunities for intertextuality, chances to recontextualize, retweet, repost, riposte.”

   “On Friday, it urged followers: “Retweet if you believe that Trump & his cronies are lying to the public and treating us like we’re stupid. We won’t be fooled by their games.””

noun

1. A message reposted or forwarded in this way.

   “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.”

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

   “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.”