tweedle

== English == === Alternative forms === twidle === Etymology === said to be imitative, probably influenced by wheedle. Compare teedle, toodle, twiddle === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwiːdəl/ === Verb === tweedle (third-person singular simple present tweedles, present participle tweedling, simple past and past participle tweedled) (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. Synonyms: beguile, cajole, wheedle; see also Thesaurus:allure, Thesaurus:coax To twiddle. Synonyms: fidget, twitch, wiggle (UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine. To make a shrill or trilling sound Synonyms: chirp, screech, warble To say in a high-pitched voice. To trifle or play. To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm. (of two people) To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee) ==== Derived terms ==== Tweedledum and Tweedledee === Noun === tweedle (plural tweedles) A sound of the kind made by a fiddle. (UK, slang) A confidence trick in which fake jewellery is sold as genuine. === Anagrams === tweeled