twitting

Twit \Twit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[imac]tan to reproach,
   blame; aet at + w[imac]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
   observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
   meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
   OHG. firw[imac]zan, Goth. fraweitan to avenge, L. videre to
   see. See {Vision}, {Wit}.]
   To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
   defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
   upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
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         This these scoffers twitted the Christians with.
                                                  --Tillotson.
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         Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them
         for what is amiss.                       --L'Estrange.
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "twitting":
      banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision,
      derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling,
      grinning, hazing, hissing, hooting, jeering, jesting, joking,
      jollying, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking,
      panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing,
      ribbing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart,
      smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking,
      sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing