Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tweedle"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tweedle
v 1: sing in modulation [syn: {chirp}]
2: play negligently on a musical instrument
3: entice through the use of music
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