'Tweedle' definitions:
Definition of 'tweedle'
(from WordNet)
verb
Sing in modulation [syn: tweedle, chirp]
verb
Play negligently on a musical instrument
verb
Entice through the use of music
Definition of 'Tweedle'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tweedle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anthem,
- bagpipe,
- ballad,
- bay,
- beep,
- bell,
- blare,
- blast,
- blat,
- blow,
- blow a horn,
- blow the horn,
- bray,
- bugle,
- carillon,
- carol,
- chant,
- cheep,
- chip,
- chipper,
- chirm,
- chirp,
- chirrup,
- chitter,
- choir,
- chorus,
- clarion,
- croon,
- descant,
- do-re-mi,
- doodle,
- double-tongue,
- fanfare,
- fife,
- flourish of trumpets,
- flute,
- honk,
- hum,
- hymn,
- intonate,
- intone,
- lilt,
- lip,
- minstrel,
- peal,
- peep,
- pipe,
- psalm,
- quaver,
- roulade,
- serenade,
- shake,
- shriek,
- sing,
- sing in chorus,
- sol-fa,
- solmizate,
- sound,
- sound a tattoo,
- sound taps,
- squeal,
- tantara,
- tantarara,
- taps,
- tarantara,
- tattoo,
- tongue,
- toot,
- tootle,
- tremolo,
- trill,
- triple-tongue,
- troll,
- trumpet,
- trumpet blast,
- trumpet call,
- tweedledee,
- tweet,
- twit,
- twitter,
- vocalize,
- warble,
- whistle,
- wind,
- wind the horn,
- yodel