Thesaurus: tweedle
To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
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Definitions
- v. t. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
- v. t. To twist.
- v. sing in modulation
- v. play negligently on a musical instrument
- v. entice through the use of music
- 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.
- v. sing in modulation v. play negligently on a musical instrument v. entice through the use of music