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tweedle
[ tweed-l ]
/ ˈtwid l /
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verb (used without object), twee·dled, twee·dling.
to produce high-pitched, modulated sounds, as a singer, bird, or musical instrument.
to perform lightly upon a musical instrument.
verb (used with object), twee·dled, twee·dling.
to lure by or as by music: The Pied Piper tweedled the children into following him.
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Origin of tweedle
First recorded in 1675–85; imitative
Words nearby tweedle
tweaker, tweaking, twee, tweed, Tweeddale, tweedle, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedsmuir, Tweed, William Marcy, tweedy, 'tween
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