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