tweedle

noun

A sound such as is made by a fiddle.

noun

[The words tweedledum and tweedledee are humorous expansions of tweedle, used together to indicate distinctions that are almost imperceptible.

To handle lightly and idly; twiddle; fiddle with.

To play on a fiddle or bagpipe.

To wheedle; coax.

To wriggle; twist one’s self about.

transitive verb

To handle lightly; — said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

transitive verb

To twist.

verb

to twist

verb

To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.