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English Dictionary: tweedle by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tweedle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tweedle
v
  1. sing in modulation
    Synonym(s): tweedle, chirp
  2. play negligently on a musical instrument
  3. entice through the use of music
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tweedle \Twee"dle\, v. t. [Cf. {Twiddle}.] [Written also
      {twidle}.]
      1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
            fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax;
            to allure.
  
                     A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
                     fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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