tweedle /ˈtwiːdəl/verb 9noun 2forms 3 verb9 •To twiddle.As it was, he tweedled the letter about in his hands for about five minutes, in a musing mood, and then stepped with it into Mr. Gammon's room. — 1842 •To make a shrill or trilling soundYesterday I dined at the Percivals, and tweedled away upon a lovely harpsichord, and I was not bid to “mind my time.” — 1861 •To say in a high-pitched voice."Oh, bien sur. Monsieur Raphael has only the kindest things to say," Azter tweedled. “Always.” — 2009 •To trifle or play.That exemption was not intended to be a hair splitting elusive hope to be tweedled away by administrative interpretation. — 1941 •To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.You all have undoubtedly noticed men in the rural pursuits tweedling along through life and finally end it all identical with what it was when they began: no better, no worse. — 1907 •To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)"I shall feel myself a failure as a chaperone surely," remarked Mrs.Green. "We think you a tremendous success," tweedled the twins. — 1919 •(UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine.I am afraid that the knowing author of the “cracking a-crib” book would be flummoxed by tweedling. — 1925 •(no longer used) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.“Neaw, owd lad,” said he, as he screwed, first one peg, then another, and tweedled over little fits of wailing prelude, to get the tones he wanted. — 1881 •(no longer used) 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. — 1717 noun2 •A sound of the kind made by a fiddle. •(UK, slang) A confidence trick in which fake jewellery is sold as genuine.Reggie had a way with him. People trusted him, and he could always pick up a few pounds when he needed them from the jargoons and the tweedle. — 2013 formstweedled · tweedling · tweedles
