tweedle

[ tweed-l ]

verb (used without object)

, twee·dled, twee·dling.

1. to produce high-pitched, modulated sounds, as a singer, bird, or musical instrument.
2. to perform lightly upon a musical instrument.

verb (used with object)

, twee·dled, twee·dling.

1. to lure by or as by music:

   The Pied Piper tweedled the children into following him.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweedle¹

First recorded in 1675–85; imitative

Example Sentences

Hyder iddle diddle dell, A yard of pudding is not an ell; Not forgetting tweedle-dye, A tailor's goose will never fly.

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It was clearly more than the difference twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee.

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Mrs. Tweedle told me not to come home without bringing your story.

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Who would complete the pair by being Tweedle-dee 105 no one had been able to coax from her.

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The Frenchman, after passing the suburbs, took out his violin and amused himself with humming to his own tweedle-tweedle.

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Related Words

• trill
• warble