ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tweedle

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈtwiːdəl/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Tweedle is a verb meaning (transitive, obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.

Meaning

(transitive, obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.

(transitive, obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
To twiddle.
(UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine.
To make a shrill or trilling sound
To say in a high-pitched voice.
To trifle or play.
To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.

He blinked slowly and tweedled his long brown mustache between his fingers.

But I tweedled him into letting you try, and here you are, a real member of the company.

Mary noticed Gaby absently tweedling the green ribbon hanging from her coat's buttonhole.

A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.

Depending on context, synonyms include beguile, cajole, wheedle, allure, arrest, attract.

Related dictionary entries include chirp, dum, dee, twiddle, feddle, tweague.

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