1.
[syn: tweedle, chirp]
2. play negligently on a musical instrument;
3. entice through the use of music;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tweedle \Twee"dle\, v. t. [Cf. Twiddle.] [Written also
twidle.]
1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax;
to allure.
[1913 Webster]
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tweedle
v 1: sing in modulation [syn: tweedle, chirp]
2: play negligently on a musical instrument
3: entice through the use of music
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "tweedle":
anthem, bagpipe, ballad, bay, beep, bell, blare, blast, blat, blow,
blow a horn, blow the horn, bray, bugle, carillon, carol, chant,
cheep, chip, chipper, chirm, chirp, chirrup, chitter, choir,
chorus, clarion, croon, descant, do-re-mi, doodle, double-tongue,
fanfare, fife, flourish of trumpets, flute, honk, hum, hymn,
intonate, intone, lilt, lip, minstrel, peal, peep, pipe, psalm,
quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, shriek, sing, sing in chorus,
sol-fa, solmizate, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, squeal,
tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, tongue, toot, tootle,
tremolo, trill, triple-tongue, troll, trumpet, trumpet blast,
trumpet call, tweedledee, tweet, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble,
whistle, wind, wind the horn, yodel