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/ˈtwiːdəl/ · verb
(transitive, obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle..
“Neaw, owd lad,” said he, as he screwed, first one peg, then another, and tweedled over little fits of wailing prelude, to get the tones he wanted.
Hark, —his tortured catgut squals He tickles every string, to every note He bends his pliant neck.—The fond yielding Maid Is tweedled into Love.
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
But I tweedled him into letting you try, and here you are, a real member of the company.
As it was, he tweedled the letter about in his hands for about five minutes, in a musing mood, and then stepped with it into Mr. Gammon's room.
Bob Pirgivie now tweedled his thumbs in double quick time, and rapidly sent around queer horizontal glances under his shaggy brows.
He blinked slowly and tweedled his long brown mustache between his fingers.
Mary noticed Gaby absently tweedling the green ribbon hanging from her coat's buttonhole.
Use tweedle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tweedle means (transitive, obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle..
Common synonyms include beguile, cajole, wheedle, allure.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Neaw, owd lad,” said he, as he screwed, first one peg, then another, and tweedled over little fits of wailing prelude, to get the tones he wanted.
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